--- title: "19 Fisa Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 19 Fisa quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Fisa sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/robert-mueller-11191_intelligence_so-there-is-a-foreign-intelligence-purpo_779271.jpg" --- > [So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mueller/so-there-is-a-foreign-intelligence-purpose-for-every-one-of-our-fisa/) [Robert Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mueller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/robert-mueller-11191_intelligence_so-there-is-a-foreign-intelligence-purpo_779271.jpg) > [FISA targets those who are 'agents of a foreign power.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/fisa-targets-those-who-are-agents-of-a-foreign-power/) [Rick Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/rick-wilson-6432_agents_fisa-targets-those-who-are-agents-of-a-f_142758.jpg) > [FISA is one of the most important investigative tools we've got in preventing our adversaries from harming our country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-a-wray/fisa-is-one-of-the-most-important-investigative-tools-we-ve-got-in/) [Christopher A. Wray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-a-wray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/christopher-a-wray-6268_country_fisa-is-one-of-the-most-important-invest_325286.jpg) > [The FBI relies on FISA every day in national security investigations to prevent terrorists and foreign intelligence services from harming the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-a-wray/the-fbi-relies-on-fisa-every-day-in-national-security-investigations/) [Christopher A. Wray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-a-wray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/christopher-a-wray-6268_cybersecurity_the-fbi-relies-on-fisa-every-day-in-nati_2795286.jpg) > [FISA is a powerful tool - and we've got to be sure we're using it properly, at every step in the process.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-a-wray/fisa-is-a-powerful-tool-and-we-ve-got-to-be-sure-we-re-using-it/) [Christopher A. Wray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-a-wray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/christopher-a-wray-6268_every-step_fisa-is-a-powerful-tool-and-we-ve-got-to_2724488.jpg) > [There's a lot of talk about FISA applications. Many people I've seen talk about it seem not to recognize that a FISA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-rosenstein/there-s-a-lot-of-talk-about-fisa-applications-many-people-i-ve-seen/) [Rod Rosenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-rosenstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/rod-rosenstein-29522_many_there-s-a-lot-of-talk-about-fisa-applica_2021859.jpg) > [The 'FISA Amendments Act' would gut the oversight system established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which subjected domestic spying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-melber/the-fisa-amendments-act-would-gut-the-oversight-system-established-by/) [Ari Melber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-melber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/ari-melber-6528_court_the-fisa-amendments-act-would-gut-the-ov_2866805.jpg) > [While Congress saw some need to loosen the standard in the initial days of a war, it wanted the president to comply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-turley/while-congress-saw-some-need-to-loosen-the-standard-in-the-initial/) [Jonathan Turley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-turley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/jonathan-turley-23780_congress_while-congress-saw-some-need-to-loosen-t_354722.jpg) > [We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mueller/we-cannot-go-up-on-a-wire-we-cannot-do-a-search-without-a-judge-on/) [Robert Mueller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mueller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/robert-mueller-11191_approving_we-cannot-go-up-on-a-wire-we-cannot-do-a_2629341.jpg) > [“From its inception, FISA has been the ultimate rubber stamp. In its first twenty-four years, from 1978 to 2002, the court rejected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/from-its-inception-fisa-has-been-the-ultimate-rubber-stamp-in-its/) [Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/glenn-greenwald-1215_politics_from-its-inception-fisa-has-been-the-ult_2599174.jpg) > [I know firsthand that it's difficult to get a FISA warrant. From 2002 to 2005, when I was an F.B.I. agent conducting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asha-rangappa/i-know-firsthand-that-it-s-difficult-to-get-a-fisa-warrant-from-2002/) [Asha Rangappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asha-rangappa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/asha-rangappa-10145_difficult_i-know-firsthand-that-it-s-difficult-to_198985.jpg) > [It is a little bit difficult to talk about things that do involve classified matters in public. But I think the public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-comey/it-is-a-little-bit-difficult-to-talk-about-things-that-do-involve/) [James Comey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-comey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c45/james-comey-17512_community_it-is-a-little-bit-difficult-to-talk-abo_835539.jpg) > [“Certain documents, such as the FISA court order allowing collection of telephone records and Obama’s presidential directive to prepare offensive cyber-operations, were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/certain-documents-such-as-the-fisa-court-order-allowing-collection-of/) [Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/glenn-greenwald-1215_fisa-court_certain-documents-such-as-the-fisa-court_3094252.jpg) > [What we do is we combine information collected from any lawful source in a single FBI database so we don't miss a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-comey/what-we-do-is-we-combine-information-collected-from-any-lawful-source/) [James Comey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-comey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/james-comey-17512_fbi_what-we-do-is-we-combine-information-col_1339655.jpg) > [The reason the FISA standard is constitutional is that the government is supposed to use FISA surveillance not for criminal investigations but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-wittes/the-reason-the-fisa-standard-is-constitutional-is-that-the-government/) [Benjamin Wittes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-wittes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/benjamin-wittes-9097_criminal-investigati_the-reason-the-fisa-standard-is-constitu_3108271.jpg) > [The Obama administration's FBI and Justice Department used unverified opposition research obtained outside of our country as ammunition to get a FISA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trish-regan/the-obama-administration-s-fbi-and-justice-department-used-unverified/) [Trish Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trish-regan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/trish-regan-6276_country_the-obama-administration-s-fbi-and-justi_386029.jpg) > [To get a FISA warrant to spy on a suspected spy, the feds go before a super-secret court located in a sealed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-wittes/to-get-a-fisa-warrant-to-spy-on-a-suspected-spy-the-feds-go-before-a/) [Benjamin Wittes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-wittes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/benjamin-wittes-9097_court_to-get-a-fisa-warrant-to-spy-on-a-suspec_320738.jpg) > [The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-wyden/the-government-s-collection-authority-under-the-patriot-act-is/) [Ron Wyden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-wyden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/ron-wyden-8512_authority_the-government-s-collection-authority-un_864124.png) > [“Then, on December 14, 1999, an alert United States Customs agent in Port Angeles, Washington, stopped a nervous twenty-three-year-old Algerian named Ahmed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-weiner/then-on-december-14-1999-an-alert-united-states-customs-agent-in-port/) [Tim Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-weiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/tim-weiner-19114_los-angeles_then-on-december-14-1999-an-alert-united_938297.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fisa/#itemlist", "name": "Fisa Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Mueller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mueller/so-there-is-a-foreign-intelligence-purpose-for-every-one-of-our-fisa/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/robert-mueller-11191_intelligence_so-there-is-a-foreign-intelligence-purpo_779271.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/robert-mueller-11191_intelligence_so-there-is-a-foreign-intelligence-purpo_779271.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/robert-mueller-11191_intelligence_so-there-is-a-foreign-intelligence-purpo_779271.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants.” — Robert Mueller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "FISA targets those who are 'agents of a foreign power.'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rick Wilson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-wilson/fisa-targets-those-who-are-agents-of-a-foreign-power/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/rick-wilson-6432_agents_fisa-targets-those-who-are-agents-of-a-f_142758.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/rick-wilson-6432_agents_fisa-targets-those-who-are-agents-of-a-f_142758.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/rick-wilson-6432_agents_fisa-targets-those-who-are-agents-of-a-f_142758.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“FISA targets those who are 'agents of a foreign power.'” — Rick Wilson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "FISA is one of the most important investigative tools we've got in preventing our adversaries from harming our country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christopher A. 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