FISA Reauthorization Vote Defeated By Recalcitrant Republicans

My first question to the intelligence community would be this: if this is such an important tool for national security, then why did you allow it to be used for purely political purposes and destroy the personal lives of several citizens? [that we know of – who knows whom else has been targeted that we’ve never heard about.] Question #2: if this surveillance capability is so vital to national security, are you willing to fire the dozen or so people who abused this power and told demonstrable lies to a FISA court so as to restore public confidence in the integrity of the system? If the answer is no, then it really must not be THAT important.