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Thousands of times. michael hayden is in usa today this morning saying look, you cant blame us. it was inadvertent. a lot of people, though, are skeptical. should we really trust the government when the government says trust us, were not doing anything wrong? >> our government is doing very poor lea in so many different ways. but with nsa, we have to think in terms also of security. we need security. we need to go after people. frankly, were going to have abuses, then we have to stop abuses at t...

Generation, you need to think about the inevitable abuses of such actions. do you really think that the collection of not only your phone calls but your passwords, your e-mails, your text messages, and pictures does not create a risk and that there is no chance that this information will be used against you? really? but think about it. what is next? your prescriptions? try getting a job when companies can access everything youve ever done online ever. its like the movies. this kind of privacy in...

Intercepted phone calls and e-mails from citizens repeatedly during that time. and in some cases did not report the unauthorizedance surveillance. and now somew lawmakers are promising hearings. joining us with reaction is m rand paul, a member of the homeland security committeeenat and author of "government bullies." good to be with you this morning. >> good morning. >> it was just a little more a w than a week ago the presidentri insisted to the american a people there was an appropriate overs...

Generation, you need to think about the inevitable abuses of such actions. do you really think that the collection of not only your phone calls but your passwords, your e-mails, your text messages, and pictures does not create a risk and that there is no chance that this information will be used against you? really? but think about it. what is next? your prescriptions? try getting a job when companies can access everything youve ever done online ever. its like the movies. this kind of privacy in...

Frisk and he said, forget stop and frisk for a moment. what we have seen over the past 12 months has essentially been an attack on the fourth amendment in this country. time and time again, i would imagine, peter, that would be an assessment that you would agree with. no? >> certainly. and i think the reason were going to see a lot of talk about these new revelations is that they go to the heart of obamas defense of the nsa program which he said theres been no specific accusations of abuse and t...

It is an audit of the nsa and it finds thousands and thousands of violations. the president said it wasnt happening. take a listen. >> if you look at the reports, even the discis closures mr. snowden has put forward, all of the stories that have been written, what you are not reading about is the guest -- is the government actually abusing these programs and listening in on peoples phone calls or inappropriately reading peoples e-mails. what you are hearing about is the prospect that these could...

>> it was all available and nothing bothers me. quite frankly it shows that it works. >> anything in that report and anything in the reports thatre came to light at the and of the week that bother you? >> there is a lot that bathersne me. i share congressman canes report for the brave and dedicated men and women who do our national security work. the problem, and there is a real problem is with the system. it is i a black box -- the foreign intelligence court is a see yet tribunal with secret op...

President obama promised transparency, ensured americans nsa wasnt spying on them and using its authority. a brand-new report shows actually it was. nsa briefed privacy rules thousands of times since 2008, defended saying there were mistakes miniscule in scope. president seems to be miss guiding americans. will anybody be held accountable? with us now congressman ted poe. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> the president from day one said, look, just trust us. were acting in your best int...

Generation, you need to think about the inevitable abuses of such actions. do you really think that the collection of not only your phone calls but your passwords, your e-mails, your text messages, and pictures does not create a risk and that there is no chance that this information will be used against you? really? but think about it. what is next? your prescriptions? try getting a job when companies can access everything youve ever done online ever. its like the movies. this kind of privacy in...

>> it was all available. there is nothing there that bothers me. quite frankly, that shows the system worked. and it works, we should be proud of it. >> john: senator blumenthal, anything that report, anything in the reports that came to light at the end of the week that bother you? >> there is a lot that bothers me. and i share congressman kings respect for the brave and dedicated men and women who do our intelligence and national security work. the problem and there is a real problem, is with ...