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For extra scrutiny. doug mckelway is live with the rest of this from d.c. doug? >> you know, shepard, the spectrum of government waste, these abuses are relatively small but they send a very bad signal to taxpayers already convinced the irs is ripe with dysfunction and poor oversight. a few examples for you now. in 2010 at the height of targeting conservative groups the irs spent $126,500 to host international conference. a dinner at that conference cost $140 per person. four times the federal g...

Whistleblowers are going to be seen as sort of enemies of the state when theyre anything but. theyre trying to improve what the government does. >> why do they say that to you? >> because look, its already tough being a whistleblower. its tough to be inside the system and then go outside of that system to air grievances or to air concerns about corruption or fraud. thats a very difficult position to be in. and the temptation to be blasted within the system as something nefarious is very high. an...

Give up in order to create the false illusion of security. to live in a fro society, risks are involved. the risks are worth to to have what we have. >> steve, if i am buying a service and i dont want them to share the service with the government should i be able to sue them if they do it against my will? >> companies for a impossible position. if they help out the government they are snooping on privacy. if they dont help out the government they are helping terrorist. the focus should be on the...

Would so sum blah tpaoeu our 20,000 page tax code it would get us down to about 200 pages that you wouldnt need this enormous enforcement mechanism and the most abusive agency of government. we talked about the nsa knowing so much about you. you know the i.r.s. has the power to garnish our wages, it can go into your bank account and take money out. it can go into your home. it has the information about where you went to dinner last night, jenna, what kind of car you drive. its an incredibly abus...

That were preventing. we dont know if there were 50 or not. the fact is i look at somebody like that, i think you know what, in this world in which we cant trust anybody, i kind of trust that guy, and i think hes the guy that can do this for me, and i do believe that he can do it, and i do believe there are abuses. however, you know, maybe theres a better way to address this stuff that we dont know about. the irony of this all, the snowden defense. snowden says more people fall in their bathtub ...

As national security adviser in one way or another three different times. thats a patriot. >> thank you for your patriotism. thank you for continuing to serve to protect the united states. thank you on behalf of america for your service to your country. general alexander, please convey our thanks to your team. >> im sure the irs would love to get a reception like that on capitol hill. general keith alexander is a man whose name i literally dont think i ever heard before two weeks ago, yet his jo...

The next year, he would be called to testify about the units he supervised that were involved in the abuses at abu ghraib prison. next, a promotion by the bush administration in 2005 to director of the nsa where he oversaw the famed warrantless wiretapping. alexanders march to power did not end with george w. bush. in 2010 he was appointed under the obama administration to head the newly created u.s. cyber command. much in the same way that j. edgar hoover built a power base in the fbi independe...

In 2003 under george w. bush, he was named the armys deputy chief of staff for intelligence. the next year, he would be called to testify about the units he supervised that were involved in the abuses at abu ghraib prison. next, a promotion by the bush administration in 2005 to director of the nsa where he oversaw the famed warrantless wiretapping. alexand alexanders march to power did not end with george w. bush. in 2010 he was appointed under the obama administration to head the newly created ...

And eric schneiderman. i want to talk about a framework of accountability. this is a private lawsuit thats going to proceed independent and parallel anything you as the attorney general of new york are doing. its a certified class action lawsuit. but the kinds of abuses that are identified here are precisely the kinds of things you have sued bank of america over for violation of a previous settlement with you and other state attorneys general over the same kind of practices. my question is, if w...

And new york attorney general eric schneiderman. i want to talk about a framework of accountability. this is a private lawsuit thats going to proceed independent and parallel anything you as the attorney general of new york are doing. its a certified class action lawsuit. but the kinds of abuses that are identified here are precisely the kinds of things you have sued bank of america over for violation of a previous settlement with you and other state attorneys general over the same kind of pract...