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Condition of their life. and what we thought was just so remarkable about mayor bloombergs response to it was that he was completely in, apoplectic about a judge finally applying the law on the books to the prerogative of officers on the street. that just gives us a sense of how far out of bounds the new york police department actually was. >> right. and actually to that point, i was shocked to read in your piece that under a 1975 supreme court ruling, if someone just looks mexican, that that is...

>> i agree with that completely. a lot of these abuses began with the patriot act. >> here we go. >> when we have a crisis, we pass laws very quickly. and the patriot act should go away. 9/11, i know you hate to hear this, but 9/11 is over a decade old. its time we move on. >> time to move on from 9/11. how about this, all those that have accused of us hiding behind security and what not, not wanting to believe a secure nation by defending the fourth amendment over what the nsa has done, its a f...

Answering the question and may be technically true and gives a misleading sense to the american people. gregg, this is a take away for the american people. if they are necessary. and the moment when american people are anxious about what the government knows about them and how they track them from the health records in obama care and phone calls, as americans become increasingly anxious, the president will have to confront the political base. abuses occur and say it is wrong and i am here to def...

Nsa staffers were ordered to remove many details from reports that went to oversight agencies such as the justice department. they cant do that. at one point, nsa officials even decided they didnt need to report on these abuses at all. fox news asked the justice department officials for a comment. we got nothing. wendell goler is traveling with the president on march thats vineyard for us tonight. wendell? >> shepard, late today a spokesman traveling with the president said mr. obama is determin...

Room. >> i am comfortable that the program currently is not being abused. im comfortable that if the american people examined exactly what was taking place, how it was being used, what the safeguards were, that they would say, you know what, these folks are following the law and doing what they say theyre doing. >> thats the president august 9th. now, while this report discusses specifically errors made by the nsa, with regards to what we just heard the president say there, whats the likelihood ...

The nsa doesnt seem to want to explain or elaborate on the details of why this happens so frequently that they appear to be searching on the wrong names or searching on u.s. persons improperly. >> daryl leonnig, talking about them violating privacy rules thousands of times in one year. lets bring in the panel. join us on bing pulse. a week ago, the president insisted there didnt appear to be any abuses on the part of the nsa regarding the surveillance program. now we find out not only have they ...

They got neither. >> here is my obvious question. where is congress in this? why should it fall to you and nonprofits. as far as i understand republicans hold the house of representatives. why are they not holding the irs responsible and stopping these abuses now? >> i think the house committees have done a very good job of getting information. this information helps our lawsuit that we represent the clients. the issue they are supposed to be a criminal investigation, tucker, not because house r...

Of "the machine." . some companies buy and own our data, they can use it against other companies. what rights do we have with our data when companies are using it against other companies? >> as americans we really have very few privacy rights. as corporations seek new revenue streams, were going to see more abuses. you know, earlier this summer, at&t announced a change to their privacy policy where theyre not only going to be selling your browsing history to advertisers but also seeking to sell ...

Culture at many of these colleges and universities that facilitates this kind of behavior? and this kind of response as well. >> very much so both from the student culture, where i think often students feel like youre allowed to make mistakes in college and there are never repercussions for that. when people know that students who cheat are suspended for longer than two weeks, than students who rape their classmates, that sends a clear message that sexual violence is not big a deal. >> there are...

Even the disclosures mr. snowden put forward, all the stories that have been written, what youre not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs, and listening in on peoples phone calls or inappropriately reading peoples e-mails. what youre hearing about is the prospect that these could be abused. now, part of the reason theyre not abused is because the checks are in place, and those abuses would be against the law and would be against the orders of the fisc. having said that...