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Simpsons out there. are you aware of other elton simpsons? >> we are aware that the fbi is also monitoring other individuals with a similar profile, this is one of the important functions, that the federal bureau of investigation and other intelligence agencies take. and with the assistance of the patriot act, a lot of these attacks have been deterred. now as you know the patriot act comes up for reauthorization and there will be an issue before the house, it will expire on june 1st. in terms of...

Jon: we may be seeing the beginning of the battle for the g.o.p. nomination as presidential hopefuls take shots at their potential rivals. declared 2016 candidate texas senator ted cruz now criticizing kentucky senator rand paul for voting against reform of the national security agency. whats going on here? jamie is senior editor for the daily caller. kevin is a reporter for the hill. ted cruz, kevin, says this thing only failed by one vote and that rand pauls vote could have put it over the top...

Individuals and not to conduct domestic surveillance, intelligence gathering or any type of bulk data collection." the cia gave fox news a similar statement, bret. >> continue to follow it, katherine, thank you. things are going frommed about to worse for the secret service tonight. the agency charged with keeping the president safe finds itself under siege yet again for rookie mistakes apparently committed by veteran agents. here is correspondent kevin corke. >> reporter: critics say it refle...

These are just innocent unsuspecting yahoo account holders. how many people may have actually been compromised here? >> well, we dont know the exact number, but we can safely say in the millions. in one six-month period 1.8 million users had their web chats recorded. it wasnt the full conversation. basically what this program did is it took a snapshot, one snapshot, every five minutes. and it took all of those photos and stored them in a massive database. it appears to have been something called...

Get their approval before they can tap in to all of these phone records. as you know, this has been one of the most controversial aspects of this nsa program, that medi data collected, the phone numbers, length of calls, all of that data president obama proposed moving out of control of the governments hand and putting it into a potential third party, maybe even a phone provider. now, the president talked about this proposal, but, again, its up to congress to work out the details. and we spoke y...

Is not doing. and this speech doesnt allay any of the concerns. it doesnt tell us, what are you going to do? it first says, i want to stop the bulk data collection. and later on, he walks us through problems. >> and ultimately, theres got to be statutory reform. we need new laws, and no presidential directives will sign. anthony romero, thank you very much. theres at least some water safe to drink in west virginia, according to a think progress reporter, thanks to friends of coal, who would al...

Explain, but things hes not going to. for instance, he said he went too far with the spying on foreign leaders. he said if i want to talk to angela merkel, ill call her on the telephone. he talked about -- acknowledged there is a perception this went too far and thats something the u.s. is held to a higher standard on. on the other hand, he made the case for why bulk collection is still necessary. why in todays world when you can build a bomb in the basement or post 9/11, you need this tool with...

Furthermore, bernie sanders has tough questions for the nsa chief, keith alexander, writing him, quote, is the nsa currently spying on members of congress or other american elected officials? these congressional calls for clarity and privacy are coming just ahead of president obamas announcement of possible reforms to the way the nsa does business. >> im going to make a pretty definitive statement about all of this in january where ill be able to say here are the recommendations that we think ma...

Look at your visa bill or your phone bill if they have a warrant that is specific to you and says they think you have committed a crime. >> furthermore, independent senator bernie sanders has some tough questions for the nsa chief. writing him, quote, has the nsa spied or is the nsa currently spying on members of congress or other american elected officials? these congressional calls for clarity and privacy are coming ahead of obamas announcement of possible reforms to the way the nsa does busin...

Collection of millions of americans. one plaintiff tells fox news he plans to high track his case so the high court can make a decision in 2014. this story, peter, is fascinating. two federal judges, two opposing views. >> yeah, jamie, you summed it up right there. the two federal judges who have ruled on the legality of bulk data collection in the last month have two different interpretations of the law. one judge thinks mass surveillance is okay. one does not. so now the plaintiff in the case ...