FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogers testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Monday morning about Russia's interference in the US election and whether President Donald Trump's associates colluded or conspired with Russian officials during the campaign.
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Comey confirms FBI is investigating Russian meddling and contacts with Trump associates in big congressional testimony
All eyes are on James Comey as he heads to Capitol Hill.
FBI Director James Comey.
aw-enforcement and intelligence agencies wishing to monitor signal intelligence they deem relevant to an investigation — in this case, suspected Russian interference in the 2016 election — must obtain what is known as a FISA warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Reports have suggested that communications between Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, were picked up by US intelligence officials who had been eavesdropping on Kislyak — not on Flynn. Current and former US officials have also told several media outlets that they have intercepted communications between associates of Trump and Russian officials.
Rogers would not comment during the hearing on the specific individuals who may or may not have been caught up in the intelligence community's routine surveillance.
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The House Intelligence Committee has asked the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA to give them a full list of people whose conversations may have been picked up in that kind of incidental surveillance. So far, only the NSA has "partially" complied, according to The Washington Post.
Trump's explosive claims of wiretapping caused an international row last week when press secretary Sean Spicer read from unverified reports
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