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It would be better to have an explanation from the united states, but also with these government, but why the u.s. does these sorts of things. someone needs to say, joe, youre not that important, we really dont care what your -- what youre e-mailing to your friends. these are broad collection programs that serve clearly defined security purposes. so theres a political problem. but i dont think theres a civil liberties problem. >> you worked in the state department. youve had to deal with this ki...

Someone needs to say, joe, youre not that important, we really dont care what your -- what youre e-mailing to your friends. these are broad collection programs that serve clearly defined security purposes. so theres a political problem. but i dont think theres a real civil liberties problem. >> you worked in the state department. youve had to deal with this kind of fallout. would you do anything differently than the obama administration? >> you have to ask yourself, first of all, is whether the ...

Opinion, in that opinion just judge beats found the nsa collection programs in some respects division on stat torrie and constitutional grounds. joins us to discuss kirk icon wad,s thor of "500 days." welcome back to the program a bit of drama in this opinion. the judge was clearly caught off-gua off-guard, and he wrote this in a footnote, said the court is trouble that the revelation mark the third instance in less than three years in which its been disclosed in a a -- regarding the scope of a ...

The past. heather: it puts our sources at risk as well. peter, you mentioned nsa. so i will just ask this question. what if it was edward snowden that had leaked all this information? >> well, i mean obviously thats troubling and people do know a lot more now about our intelligence collection programs. i mean obviously this is a devisive issue between civil libertarians and national security types. but the same sort of thing here, i believe that these programs are, you know, are legal, theyre co...

Whether, in fact, adversaries will take great note of the things hes disclosed. >> i think this will follow the same trajectory as wikileaks, a lot of noise up front, six months later, all thats left is embarrassment. >> reporter: perhaps the impact will be on intelligence gathering, itself, as we have seen, there the a growing movement in congress to try to change or at least modify the laws that govern these intelligence collection programs. wolf. >> barbara, thank you. you can see it coming, ...

>> does the fbi own or currently use drones, if so, for what purpose? >> yes, and for surveillance. >> reporter: pushed on privacy policies covering use and retention of surveillance data gathered within the u.s., mueller says it is a work in progress. >> we have very few, have limited use, and were exploring not only the use but also the necessary guidelines for that use. >> reporter: the fbi now confirms drone use during this alabama hostage standoff that ended with safe return of a five-year-...

To thank you for that. thank you for your patriotism, thank you for continuing to serve to protect the united states. again, you have that great burden of knowing lots of classified information you cannot talk publicly about. i want you to know thank you on behalf of america for yourself to your country. the committee has been extensively briefed as part of our ongoing oversight, over the 16 elements of the intelligence community and the intelligence program. in order to fully understand collect...

Oversight, first within nsa, then involving my agency, the office of the director of national intelligence and the department of justice and ultimately involving the fisa court and the congress, to insure that these rules are complied with. and the last point that i -- the last misconception i want to address is that this information shouldnt have been classified and it was classified only to conceal it from the american people, and that the leaks of this information are not damaging. and mr. ch...

I think we need to do that to stop terrorism. but we need strong safeguards so there cant be future abuses of power by government that decides to look at people and use potentially embarrassing information in ways that it never should have been able to do. >> michelle, you can understand the conversation we have tonight. god forbid there were an attack, had we analyze d it properly, could have prevented. thats what were all seeking to stop, no? >> well, theres no evidence that these sorts of col...

Towards the end of the bush administration about the warrantless surveillance aspects of its intelligence collection programs that all of the spread indications by which the government can collect surveillance on american citizen s has gotten so enormously broad common sense restrictions embodied in these laws do not appear to jive with the actions we have seen. >> this brings me to this question. this is a line from the "washington post" a story i want to know. firsthand experience in these sys...