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(202) 2241:5244 June 15, 2017
The Honorable Daniel R. Coats
Director of National Intelligence

Washington, DC. 20511

Dear Director Coats:

At the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence?s open hearing on June 7,

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2017, I asked you the following question and requested a yes or no response: ?Can
the government use FISA Act Section 702 to collect communications it knows are

entirely domestic.? You responded: ?Not to my knowledge. It would be against

the law.? After the hearing, in response to questions from reporters, the ODNI sent

the following:

?Section 702(b) (4) plainly states we ?may not intentionally acquire any

communication as to which the sender and all intended recipients are known

at the time of acquisition to be located in the United States. The DNI
interpreted Senator Wyden ?s question to ask about this provision and

answered accordingly. 

That was not my question. Please provide a public response to my question,

as asked at the June 7, 2017, hearing.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

Incerely,
Ron yden
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