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Snowden. his revelation that the nsa can collect phone records on each and every call that americans make set out a huge outcry that hasnt let up. by some estimates the database contains more than 1 trillion records. on monday a federal judge in washington ruled that the governments bulk collection of metadata is unconstitutional and now the panel which was hand-picked by the white house says the nsa should give up its massive database. jim sciutto joins me now. what are the recommendations? >> ...

Volunteer these samples, thus the fourth amendment was respected. but paul, as danny just said, if if you say, sure, ill give you a sample of my drunk breath, they cant let you go and thats the fruit of the poisonous tree, isnt it? >> it is. its really outrageous. this is like the telemarketer is a cop. you get a phone call and its the new york police department, we have a few questions for you. its all voluntary, by the way. and then you find out that they are doing some kind of a survey. this ...

Came out and proved he was -- >> -- >> the administration. >> theres three different levels. no one is listening in on the content of phone calls. this massive information is being collected. it cant be queried without a reasonable suspicion, but the people who determined right now whether thats a reasonable suspicion are 22 people at the nsa. what this report says -- >> and a secret court. >> no, an nsa court. this report says in order to query that database, to figure out who your web is, that...

Written by you to a degree. the government wants it both ways, virtually all the governments arguments to this court explain how the government acted in good faith to create a comprehensive meta data data base that serves as a valuable tool in combatting terrorism yet the government asks me to find the plaintiffs lack standing based on the theoretical possibility that the nsa has collected a union versus of meta data so incomplete that the program could not possibly serve its function. candor of...

He was casing the house before the murder. that was in their file. in 1987. they knew. >> once we got the dna results and we knew a, it was christine mortons blood and b, that it wasnt michaels blood -- or skin cells i should say on the ban dana, none of his dna, that was terrific. >> the dna of this other person was intermingled with christines dna. it really places the bandanna at the murder scene. >> so the next step was to work with the texas state crime lab to get it entered into the databa...

The murder scene. >> so the next step was to work with the texas state crime lab to get it entered into the database to see if it matched any convicted offenders or unsolved crimes. fortunately now there is a vast database of dna profiles from convicted offenders and unsolved crimes called codis. which is a national database run by the fbi that all states participate in. and any public crime lab can take a dna file, put it essentially in this big computer in the sky, and within hours be able to ...

I mean, "a," it was christine mortons blood, and "b," that it wasnt michaels blood or skin cells, i should say, on the bandanna. none of his dna. you know, that was terrific. >> the dna of this other person was intermingled with christines dna. it really places the bandanna at the murder scene. >> so the next step was to work with the texas state crime lab to get it entered into the database to see if it matched any convicted offenders or unsolved crimes. fortunately now there is a vast database...

With the texas state crime lab to get it entered into the database to see if it matched any convicted offenders or unsolved crimes. fortunately, there is now a vast database of dna profiles from convicted offenders and unsolved crimes plus codus, a national database run by the fbi which all states enter. you can put night a big computer in the sky and within hours be able to tell whether it matches one of 8 million or more profiles in the system. >> and they got a direct hit on a man with a know...

Database to see if it matched any convicted offenders or unsolved crimes. fortunately, there is now a vast database of dna profiles from convicted offenders and unsolved crimes called codis, which is a national database run by the fbi that all states participate in. and any public crime lab can take a dna profile, put it essentially in this big computer in the sky, and within hours be able to tell if it matches one of 8 million or more profiles in the system. >> and they got a direct hit on a ma...

Any convicted offenders or unsolved crimes. fortunately now there is a vast database of dna profiles from convicted offenders and unsolved crimes called codis. which is a national database run by the fbi that all states participate in. and any public crime lab can take a dna file, put it essentially in this big computer in tnthe sky, and within hours able to tell if it matches one of 8 million or more profiles in the system. >> and they got a direct hit on a man with a known record of felonies i...