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Targets communications could easily be flowing into and through the u.s. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity of the documents. several of the companies reportedly cooperating with the government issued denials of involvement. this follows the stunning news that a secret federal court order directed verizon to hand over phone records of millions of americans. former intelligence officials and privacy advocates say, its reasonable to presume other telephone companies got similar orders. >> if t...

Over phone records of millions of americans. former intelligence officials and privacy advocates say, its reasonable to presume other telephone companies got similar orders. >> if this is an open-ended and indiscriminate collection process as it seems to be, then logically one would expect it to be much bigger than verizon business. >> reporter: and it all leaves the administration needing to explain this exchange in march. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds ...

Will tell you having worked at nsa and associated agencies for quite some time there are a lot of controls in place for this kind of information. and if the controls are followed, if the rules are followed then there should not be that much of a problem with it. but, you have to be very careful and you have to be very careful that the rules not only stay the same, or are improved from a civil liberties standpoint, but that they also are followed to a tee by everybody involved in the collection p...

Thats much better than the political polls we see, but at the same time 60,000 households compared to how many people are actually employed or unemployed in this country? >> it also begs the question, you know, are you doing anything to earn money, are you working, would you like to be working more? we know how polls are. >> and on the other one, the payroll report thats basically, based on companies sending in survey data and sometimes the person sending it in doesnt get to it, and thats why th...

Is $2400. get this, if you pay cash, and dont use the insurance at all, "l.a. times" reports that same scan would cost you but $250. claudia cowan with the news in our bay area newsroom. that doesnt make any sense. whats driving this? >> well, shepard, hospitals spend hundreds of thousands of dollars going after patients who have not paid their bills so now, to get their money faster, many are offering these discounts to those who pay their bills early or bypass their insurance company all toget...

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War in iraq. it always starts off with intelligence, and this particular intelligence assessment we have seen in "the post" today is peculiar because six months ago the assessment was that north korea wouldnt miniaturize that warhead for two years. about a month ago, that was accelerated to early next year, about six to nine months out. now we are at zero hour where they believe that it has already been done. this came from defense intelligence agency. their principle collection process will be ...

Are still in the collection process. what they say so far is it adds up to an international plot. a plot that involved the migrant route with people smuggling themselves into that migrant group, passing through greece, passing through serbia. it involves some connections to extremists in belgium, and it is not just a french investigation under way now. theres an investigation across europe. >> all right, richard engel in paris. its alex here. im curious with regard to the investigations there, w...

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