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><span style="font-size:14pt;">Dear </span
><span style="font-size:14pt;">Mr.
Manian</span
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><span style="font-size:14pt;">Thank
you for your letter expressing your support for reforming National Security Agency (NSA) programs. I
appreciate hearing from you on this important issue, and welcome the opportunity to respond.</span
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><span style="font-size:14pt;">First,
please be assured that the NSA does not conduct mass surveillance on U.S. citizens. Its mission is to
collect foreign signals intelligence to detect foreign national security threats. For your convenience,
a summary of the NSA's authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is available
on the agency's </span
><a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/speeches_testimonies/2013_08_09_the_nsa_story.pdf"
><span class="Hyperlink-H" style="font-size:14pt;text-decoration:none underline;">website</span
></a
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or at </span
><a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://tinyurl.com/NSA-FISA"
><span class="Hyperlink-H" style="font-size:14pt;text-decoration:none underline;">http://tinyurl.com/NSA-FISA</span
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><span style="font-size:14pt;">Please
know that I support measures to improve oversight of U.S. intelligence programs and to make them more
transparent to the public. On October 31, 2013, I introduced the "FISA Improvements Act" (S. 1631),
which would require court review when the NSA call records database is queried, and mandate a series
of limitations on how the records can be obtained, stored, and used. It would also authorize the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court to designate outside "amici curiae," or "friends of the court," to provide
independent perspectives and assist the Court in reviewing matters that present a novel or significant
interpretation of law. </span
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><span style="font-size:14pt;">Additionally,
on November 5, 2013, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which I chair, approved the "Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014" (S. 1681), which would strengthen existing protections that allow
whistleblowers in the Intelligence Community to bring their concerns directly to the attention of Congress,
inspectors general, and Intelligence Community leaders. The bill would also require the Department of
Justice to inform the Congressional intelligence committees of all Office of Legal Counsel opinions regarding
intelligence activities, and extend the charter of the Public Interest Declassification Board, which
promotes public access to a thorough record of U.S. national security decisions and activities.</span
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><span style="font-size:14pt;">Finally,
as Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I have called for a full review of all U.S. intelligence
programs. For your convenience, I have included an opinion piece I authored in the </span
><a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/op-eds?ID=133df25d-eca4-42bf-b48e-2abfa1ed0786"
><span class="Hyperlink-H" style="font-size:14pt;text-decoration:none underline;">San
Francisco Chronicle</span
></a
><span style="font-size:14pt;"> on November 2, 2013 that further outlines
proposals that I support. </span
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><span style="font-size:14pt;">Again,
thank you for writing. Please know that as Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
I take seriously my responsibility to ensure that national security programs honor the privacy and Fourth
Amendment rights of U.S. citizens. I will certainly keep your concerns in mind as Congress considers
legislation to reform NSA programs. Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do
not hesitate to contact my Washington, D.C. office at (202) 224-3841.</span
></span>
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<br>
<br>
<center>Sincerely yours,<br>
<br>
<br>
Dianne Feinstein<br>
United States Senator</center>
<br>
<p>Further information about my position on issues of concern to California and the nation are available
at my website, <a href="http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/">feinstein.senate.gov</a>. And please visit
my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/Senatorfeinstein">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Senatorfeinstein">Facebook</a>
and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Senfeinstein">Twitter</a> for more ways to communicate with me.
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