In a case like this, the FBI might query databases containing foreign intelligence collected overseas. The FBI's use of foreign intelligence is at the heart of the debate over the future of the 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act, including the controversial Section 702. —Should the government have to give the public more details about how extensively it uses the foreign intelligence database, or how many U.S. citizens' communications are incidentally collected? It's at this initial stage — where leads are sifted and prioritized — when foreign intelligence helps connect dots and spot possible national security threats, he said. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats calls this trove of foreign intelligence the "holy grail" that provides insight into the thinking and actions of U.S. adversaries.

Source: Fox News October 29, 2017 12:22 UTC