Todd Hinnen was quoted in the CNN article, “Senate Intel Advances Bill to Reauthorize Spying Program with Minimal Reform,” regarding the Senate intelligence committee advancing legislation that renews the overseas internet surveillance program through 2025.

"Warrants are labor intensive," said Todd Hinnen, the former acting assistant attorney general for national security at the Justice Department. "It requires a great deal of formalization of the information that the government has regarding the criminal conduct or intelligence activity they think the targets involved in."