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A pilot program for The DNA Collection Program was created this year for individuals who are arrested, facing criminal charges, and from non U.S. citizens who cross the border. 

Calls. not that kind of eavesdropping kind of effort. and after 9/11, and by all accounts, it was an effort to have a window, if you will, into the united states, in case there was credible information about terrorists, calling into the united states and plotting and planning here. but it became very controversial once it was revealed, people very concerned that the government was spying on them. and now it does look like it will not be reauthorized. not a lot of splaunexplanation from the admin...

Muleer? and on a smaller point, contrast the rather full-throated description by comey under oath, his style, to bob mueller, who, if you didnt know the back story, that moment might blow by you because he didnt aggrandize at all. >> it was extraordinary. were talking about a very sensitive collection program by nsa that jim comey believed did not have the legal basis to continue. and you have a former deputy attorney general preparing to resign from office, certainly triggering a crisis at the ...

Public wouldnt know about michael flynns behavior or donald trump jr.s meeting. there are people inside the government afraid of the presidents behavior and what do they do? they reach out to reporters. i understand the morality point michael was making, a lot of us wouldnt have done it if we had these jobs in the government, wouldnt hand over confidential or sensitive information but leakers do it for a variety of reasons. sometimes it is for reasons revolving whistle blowing. >> they are conce...

To monitor this enough to protect them from bad guys. but they worry if government is in their too much, then that who will protect them from government? >> bill: he is right on point. in april of this year on msnbc susan rice said this about all that. >> the allegation is that somehow obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. thats false. >> bill: molly. >> the power to surveil is an incredible power and has to be -- there have to be safeguards in place that i...

Going forward. we have to give them the respect in that regard but from a defensive posture, you have to understand what your responses have to be. >> big meeting on friday. the heads of the intelligence agencies with donald trump, if you were in that room, what would you say to the president-elect to try to better convince him, hey, this is the best information, the information we have with high confidence right now and what youre doing isnt helping? >> i think what youve got to do is lay out t...

Top may appear to represent change, but its the culture, its the system. >> is anybody here from va? >> reporter: a house committee is giving officials a chance next week to turn over paperwork or theyll be palined. theyve been accusing of a request for the documents. they are pulling it together and will turn it over in a rolling fashion as they get it together. lawmakers here say its not good enough. they want all of the documents as soon as possible. >> yeah. theres a lot to be uncovered here...

Program? >> i think folks have been questioning the effectiveness of this program since it started right after the 2001 attacks on september 11th and what you have now is a recognition that the programs are all run by human beings, human beings that are fallible and issues with keeping up with technology, whether youre talking about land lines or cell phones, there are carriers not participants in this collection program. there are all types of challenges here and even in the issue that you rais...

During this 68 page ruling judge leon said the government never presented an example in wish the collection of this data led to the prevention of an imminent attack or imminent threat against the united states. in this balance of security versus privacy what the judge is ruling is that the security benefits of this program did not justify the amount of collection of data and the invasion of privacy. >> thats a tough question for the court to rule on, katty. i really mean this. i mean no disrespe...

Negotiating, as you said, the smallest deal possible here. you know, i think the presidents poll numbers are very low. congresss poll numbers are very low. the president doesnt have the lowest poll numbers of any president at this point in his presidency, in fact not even close. so i dont think its been a good political win year for anyone, and i think everyone is going to be very, very happy to say good-bye to 2013. >> and another problem hes dealing with, obviously, the nsa, the judge makes th...