Behind the Surveillance Debate

But Bond declined to respond when asked if it was a federal judge who created the alleged intelligence "gap" in the first place. "I can't comment on why this has occurred," Bond said, after checking with an aide about whether he could respond to a question about a ruling by a FISA judge. "But the director of national intelligence [McConnell] has said we are significantly burdened in capturing foreign communications. It is a significant new burden."

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