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I think the FBI worked hard to get these authorities, but didn't take it seriously cnough putting in controls over these authorities. And [ think there is often a problem sort of between the receipt of the authority and the execution of that authority. And that's clearly what happened here. And we were very troubled by it. We've seen problems in the FBI in terms of information technology. In trying to upgrade their information technology we've seen problems. But these are difficult tasks and they are trying to do this as they're changing their mission. And, quite honestly, there really is no excuse for it. There is no excuse for it. LUNGREN: Did you have any question that the NSLs are of some value? FINE: Yes, I do believe they're of value. LUNGREN: And that if we lost them, that would be a Joss? PINE: I believe that they're a valuable investigative tool that are indispensable in many cases to counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigations. And that's why it is so troubling that they didn't... LUNGREN: So we better fix this so we don't lose a tool that's truly effective? FINE: I think they need to fix it. LUNGREN: Thank you, Thank you, Mr. Chairman. CONYERS: The gentlelady from Houston, Texas, Sheila Jackson-Lee. JACKSON-LEE: Again, Mr. Chairman, my appreciation for your continuing effort of establishing transparency in government. I welcome both of the witnesses here today and recount just a limited history that troubles me as we find ourselves here today. I know the good intentions of the witnesses, but certainly I'd need not remind you of the era of McCarthyism and certainly the role that law enforcement played in that misdirected era of the United States of America, As a young lawyer, I participated in the investigations into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy right here in this Congress. And what was