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Theyre fascinating but the is we dont need to know them. the american people have a right to understand what were doing overseas but this sort of stuff is so sensitive that we didnt need to know exactly how it came about. and of course, like i said, it can be tremendous damage. now whether this was intentional or not im not sure. but i am concerned that somebody may have intentionally disclosed this information, even given authorization to do so, perhaps, to defend nsa because the nsa program ha...

Intelligence of this threat as the kind of justification they need to continue the scale of intelligence gathering that snowden revealed. >> thank you so much. news about this threat is breaking very fast and theres still much to learn about the nature of the threat and the potential target. i am joined now by daniel benjamin and the former coordinator for counterterrorism at the state department. i want to talk about al qaeda in yemen for a second. they were responsible for underwear bomber. ...

Low-level government employees and find out about you with a few key strokes. they are the latest releases from edward snowden whether it is the top officials in washington, people are feeling the heat. >> you lied to congress. why would we believe you are not lying now? >> he said he hasnt lied to congress. the senate judiciary held committee hearings and the national intelligence released documents on in the intelligence gathering. they included a briefing paper describing two familiar program...

Dangerous thought. listen, you can name any number of people, and hes one of them. these es yoteric intellectual debates -- i want them to come to new jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation. but i think we need to be very cautious about how joyful we are over the idea somehow were going to shift this baby way back. because the next aattack, peopl are going to be looking back on the people having this intellectual debate. >> nbc news senior political edit...

Oversight or better disclosure. >> what do you say to snowden sympathizers bravo to him to declassify information that he revealed that peoples privacy being infringed upon, that their phones were being listened to, that their e-mailed reviewed without their consent and he is doing a good thing, done a good thing revealing that intelligence gathering has gone too far? >> i say that whistle-blowers should be protected. there were channels authorized channels where he could have made his case. i a...

Other with bayonets, its about intelligence gathering on the ground, working with local communities and its about having your finest people doing this for you. and we know in every organization that the more diverse group of senior staff you have, the better the organization performs. we know it in business, we know it in politics, we know it in the military. we have 15% of women now in the military. we need to make it more. the tipping point for women, i think, or for all diversities actually i...

Court come off the district court this is an extra assignment, and we have no way to know what they are doing. >> of course we have no way to know what they are doing. they are involved in intelligence gathering, which is a sensitive process. what you are saying, no room for secrecy in the government. didnt have checks and balances at the time of the manhattan project. >> we ought to have some representative. recreate the fisa court. we have to have somebody that isnt saying yes, sir, yes, sir, ...

Court come off the district court this is an extra assignment, and we have no way to know what they are doing. >> of course we have no way to know what they are doing. they are involved in intelligence gathering, which is a sensitive process. what you are saying, no room for secrecy in the government. didnt have checks and balances at the time of the manhattan project. >> we ought to have some representative. recreate the fisa court. we have to have somebody that isnt saying yes, sir, yes, sir, ...

Court come off the district court this is an extra assignment, and we have no way to know what they are doing. >> of course we have no way to know what they are doing. they are involved in intelligence gathering, which is a sensitive process. what you are saying, no room for secrecy in the government. didnt have checks and balances at the time of the manhattan project. >> we ought to have some representative. recreate the fisa court. we have to have somebody that isnt saying yes, sir, yes, sir, ...

Oppressed? >> well, i think i do have to take issue with what howard dean said. he also said that the united states is bullying china. i hate to break it to people, but china also was spying on our networks. he told the chinese through the newspaper that were spying on them. well, no-duh? that is what the agency does, created by harry truman for the intelligence gathering. it is an agency that wiretaps. remember before 9/11, the intercepts that came through, that was the nsa, that is what they d...