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Duration of the call were to be. >> again i just want to make very clear there are no names and no addresses in that database. martha: thats a a really important point according to congressman rogers and the members of the panel when they are looking for information they are not getting names and addresses, they are getting phone numbers, and theres been a big question about what exactly is the data that the government has access to. its a big question well continue to ask as we continue to watc...

What kind of oversight is provided for this program. the court system, congress, how congress has authorized this program, and by the way, even though snowden came out and acted like this was big news, its something that is known, its been reported, its been known on capitol hill, its just his sort of explosive charges that brought it to the forefront. the good news out of that is that we are having this conversation about what -- you know, things like surveillance as part of a tool kit of prote...

Program to the american people and organizing for action, the group that replaced the presidents 2012 campaign apparatus, obama for america, even launched a tv ad. take a listen. >> whats the impact of obamacare? the truth is americans are already seeing the benefits. shes seeing more seniors for free wellness visits. he received a $150 rebate from his health insurance company. and next year she can expand her small business thanks to tax credits that cover up to half of her workers health insur...

>> i think this is a profoundly important conversation to be having, profoundly. you go back to 9/11 and there was a sense that another shoe was going to drop at any minute, that there was going to be another serious terrorist attack at any time. we forget those fears, and i think since then a lot of people in this country have taken for granted the fact that there have been, until the boston marathon bombing, and of course there was the fort hood shooting, but generally until the boston maratho...

Reporters put the letter in writing to the eric holder and fbi director robert mueller. so far no response. the feds are giving members of congress more information about the spy programs. catherine herridge continues team fox coverage there were two briefings there today right, cat. >> thats right, shep. rare briefing of the full deputies atior at the the justice department, fbi and national security agency about the data collection program. also on capitol hill the head of the nsa and u.s. cyb...

People doing the collecting? and what do the american people have a right to know about how our taxpayer dollars are being spent for this kind of spying and surveillance. >> who is in charge of the national security administration? who is giving the a-ok, the green light to doing this. >> well, the president of the united states. and when, you know, an earlier round of this occurred under the bush administration, the program was called the total information awareness program. and congress got hy...

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