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Out the white house is trying to convince congress to let it spy on more people. james rosen with the news live from the d.c. newsroom. the attorney general eric holder calls this a top priority for americas spys. >> if congress doesnt act by years end the u.s. will no longer be able to wiretap certain categories of foreign citizens overseas without first obtaining a court order under the rules of the surveillance i intelligence act. >> could you explain the need to reauthorize title 7 of fiza. ...

Pakistan occasions an increase in surveillance from one year to the next. >> what was behind the spike in wiretap requests? >> officials say it really only reflects the community finally mastering the changes to fiza. the peak request was was 2007 when there were nearly 2400 of them. the fisa court is made up of 1100 judges who do moonlighting who in reality almost always approve the requests from the doj. a woman in texas watched over video conference as her army officer h husband died in afg...

States." this is the first time the government has ever released documents seeking wiretaps of an american under the foreign intel ye -- intelligence act. the president wants the american people to believe the documents "confirm with little doubt that the justice department, the department of justice, and fbi misled the courts. witch hunt, rigged. scam." i want to bring in our first guest. ryan, that tweet is misleading. explain why. >> its very much misleading, anna. it appears as though the pr...