What Mark Warner has said about Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

3 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 16, 2026

Mark Warner, Democratic U.S. senator from Virginia who called the data center moratorium idiocy, has been quoted on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 3 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on June 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Warner calls Bill Pulte unfit to be DNI, citing his background and use of private mortgage data against critics.
“Bill Pulte is a third generation rich kid who literally got thrown out of his own family's company”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:41
Warner says reforms have sharply improved FBI compliance with Section 702 safeguards.
“They went from only 60% compliance to 98% compliance on making sure that appropriate checks and balances are dealt with”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:02
Warner says Section 702 provides a large share of the presidential daily brief.
“It is 70% of what was in the presidential daily brief”
Pod Save America: 80-Year-Old Man Loses War (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:07:50

80-Year-Old Man Loses War
Pod Save America · Jun 16, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor assess Trump's Iran war-ending memo, the White House UFC event, and the Newsom probe; Sen. Mark Warner discusses Iran and intelligence nominees.