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Radio: mattress discounters 4th of july sale ends soon. ♪ mattress discounters jenna: many questions today still on nsa leaker edward snowden and how hes being portrayed, because how hes being portrayed really will help us determine the accuracy of the story that follows about the consequences for his actions. is he a spy? is he a source? is he something else? hes believed to still be in the moscow airport right now, so hes in the transit area, apparently, with no passport and no visa. but cer...

People, you know, demean circumstantial evidence. they dont really understand, circumstantial evidence is always accurate. you might not know what it means, but we know exactly when the screaming stopped with very precise accuracy. >> yeah. and the prosecution i thought made a lot of really detailed sort of presentations about the gun being pressed to trayvon martins chest, about trayvon martin winding up face down. they said they had a witness that took a picture of trayvon martin with his arms...

But many of them do not. they really want to kind of get their claws into you marketingwise. >> its not always that benign. >> thats right. >> and when these data brokers and retailers and all the other people who are involved in this industry, which i assume is doing quite well these days, have that information, theyre pretty efficient about it, right? >> they are, and they are the middle men in all this. some of them boast 100% accuracy in finding more specific information about you once they ...

We were writing our book, we sent him letters asking for his cooperation or even for him to read the manuscript and check it for accuracy, and he wrote to somebody who gave us his letters from jail. in which he said, he would not even give us the satisfaction of knowing hes read those letters. this is sort of out of whiteys playbook too. he couldnt be bothered to look at johnny today. >> the fact that this infamous boss cut a deal with the government to testify against bulger. how much does that...

Was the first to raise questions about whitey bulgers relationship with the fbi. you expected bulger would stare down martorano. thats not how it played out. >> i think the flip side of whitey, he will either try to intimidate you or make you believe that you dont exist. one of the things we found when we were writing our book, we sent him letters asking for his cooperation or even for him to read the manuscript and check it for accuracy, and he wrote to somebody who gave us his letters from jai...

Relationship. you expected bulger would stair down marterano. thats not how it played out. >> i think the flip side of whitey, he will either try to intimidate you or make you believe that you dont exist. one of the things we found when we were writing our book, we sent himmlers asking for his cooperation or even for him to read the manuscript and check it for accuracy, and he wrote to somebody who gave us his letters for jail. in which he said, he would not even give us the satisfaction of know...

Intimidate you or make you believe that you dont exist. one of the things we found when we were writing our book, we sent him letters asking for his cooperation or even for him to read the manuscript and check it for accuracy, and he wrote to somebody who gave us his letters from jail. in which he said, he would not even give us the satisfaction of knowing hes read those letters. this is sort of out of whiteys playbook too. he couldnt be bothered to look at johnny today. they kind of more or les...

Statistic defense will have to rebut it, that theres no way possible to pinpoint with any accuracy that that was tray von martin. >> and ironically, you know, you need scientific evidence to be its a kid. so in one respect, maybe the defense trying to get this scientific evidence thrown out could hurt them in the end when they would like to call an fbi expert to say you cant i had -- >> one thig is clear, it is pivotal. >> thank you all. well be talking about this and whatever decision the judge...

Site doesnt verify its users have been to the places they post about. are you transparent with your users about the frequency of people trying to game the system? >> it doesnt happen all that much. and so we dont have a good way of sharing with our users. we have the ability to drop a hotel in the ranking if we feel they are manipulating the accuracy of the reviews. >> reporter: so travelers like danielle can spend less time surfing the web and more time surfing the lazy river. for "nightline," ...

With the phenomenal growth has come critics who point out the site doesnt verify its users have been to the places they post about. are you transparent with your users about the frequency of people trying to game the system? >> it doesnt happen all that much. and so we dont have a good way of sharing with our users. we have the ability to drop a hotel in the ranking if we feel they are manipulating the accuracy of the reviews. >> reporter: so travelers like danielle can spend less time surfing t...