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Edward snowden. judge richard leon ruled, quote, i cannot imagine a more indiscriminate and arbitrary invacation than this systemic collection of information on every single citizen without prior judicial approval. the author of our constitution, james madison, would be aghast. the judge also wrote that the government didnt criteria a single instance in which its analysis of the nsas bulk data collection actually stopped an imminent attack. the ruling comes as the nsa faces increasing pressure f...

Agencies to reapply for authorization to carry out sweeping surveillance ever few months. now the bulk data collection was one of the biggest bombshells revealed by nsa leaker edward snowden this summer. the venezuelan navy obtained a ship with five u.s. citizens on board. the company that owns the oil ship says it was surveying the sea floor when it was stopped and forced to sail to the venezuela margarita island. the venezuela government claiming the ship was operating without authorization ...

How these programs are conducted. to give people confidence that just because verizon or at&t gives bulk data collection to somebody, and i think there will be a debate on who will hold that information in the fall. but just because they give that information and might use it later to track a cell phone call once we know a suspect in yemen or somalia or something like that, that that isnt used in away that is ultimately nefarious or that were listening to every one of these conversations. i list...

Isis may try to direct but what its trying to do is inspire so these are inspired attacks, small, isolated groups where they are, where they live that understand the culture and understand in part how to terrorize those communities. >> so what would you need resource wise? if you had every -- is there enough resources you can have, the fbi could have, that could stop syed farook and his wife from doing this? >> this is a multifaceted plan and you dont have enough resources. off huge american pop...

Deals with overseas calls to the united states. but what bulk data collection did was make the process more efficient so there were no silver bullets there but when you do have really tapped out resources to cover so many investigations it can help you move through and discard some faster. so in that regard it may have played not a major role but some supportive role. >> michael leiter, pete williams, thank you both. in what may be a preview of what the president will say tonight, president ob...

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Agencys bulk data collection of americans phone records. president obama says a handful of senators is stalling the legislation. presidential hopeful senator rand paul says voters are urging him to fight back against the governments bulk collection program. well have more on this later in the show when former assistant fbi director pomerance joins us. the promised counterattack by iraqi forces against isis in ramadi hasnt materialized. isis is using the time to dig in and there are growing que...

Broken record we need to know why did four different times an ambassador call for help and no help came? the one thing american soldiers and diplomats need to know wherever they are stationed across the world is when they are under fire and being shot at we will move heaven and earth to try to get to them to rescue them and to protect them. we didnt do that on the night of benghazi. hillarys phone rang at 3:00 in the morning and she let it go to voicemail. we need to know why. >> another breakin...