Senate Intel Committee Sets Wednesday FISA Hearing With Top Government Officials

The leader and ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence set a Wednesday hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, NSA Director Mike Rogers and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein "will provide a comprehensive overview of FISA’s authorities, current oversight mechanisms, and examples of the value this court-authorized collection provides to the United States Intelligence Community," said a Friday announcement from Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C. and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va.: The hearing at 10 a.m. in Hart 216 "will move into closed session following the open session," the announcement said.