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>> reporter: senior administration officials tell cnn president obama did not know about the nsa surveillance of merkel and other allies. when he found out he ordered a stop to some of the programs. the democratic chairman of the senate intill jens committee, dianne feinstein says thats not good enough and wants a, quote, total review of all intelligence programs. the head of the eu delegation told me eu citizens find u.s. spying disturbing. >> they feel uneasy. they dont know why its happening....

Either and is calling for a total review of all intelligence programs. others are being no less blunt and the white house is in deep damage control mode right now. our chief national security reporter and jim acosta is joining us now. jim, first to you, a tough statement from the chairman, dianne feinstein. what is the white house reaction? >> the white house reaction in part, wolf, is that the senator is correct that the president did not know about this foreign surveillance program aimed at wo...

The nsa was doing. and late today, dianne feinstein weighed in with this. and im quoting now, "it is my understanding that president obama was not aware chancellor merkels communications were being collected since 2002. that is a big problem." she also says she wasnt briefed either and is calling for a review of all intelligence programs. others are being no less blunt and the white house is in deep damage control mode right now. jim, first to you, a tough statement from the chairman, dianne fei...

Review of all intelligence programs. others are being no less blunt and the white house is in deep damage control mode right now. jim, first to you, a tough statement from the chairman, dianne feinstein. what is the white house reaction? >> the white house reaction in part, wolf, is that the senator is correct that the president did not know about this foreign surveillance program aimed at world leaders. but they are taking issue, wolf, with one thing that the senator did say in that statement a...

Just coming into cnn right now. a very strong reaction to the latest reports of u.s. spying abroad from senator dianne feinstein, chair of the senate intelligence committee. shes calling for a total review of all intelligence programs so that committee members can know just what is being done by the intelligence community and regarding eavesdropping on the german chancellor angela merkel, feinstein says, im quoting, it is my understanding that president obama was not aware chancellor merkels com...

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For al qaeda has developed a strategy and a new weaponization program. you saw a little bit of it in the attempt with the underwear bomber. undetected capability to bring in weapons and carry out attacks in the united states. now, thats what al qaedas working on. and on top of that, theyre expanding that capability to teach other bomb makers. and theyre putting it on the internet. you saw the consequences of that in terms of boston. that was an al qaeda web page, how to make a bomb in your mothe...

Privacy rights and our security. i think they have gone too far over into the security side. >> weve got the chair and the top republican on the senate intelligence committee coming out against this amendment. they say these surveillance programs have stopped numerous attacks. at least helped stop numerous attacks. so those two members of the senate intelligence committee are against senator wyden, another member of intelligence committee. they believe the intelligence programs, surveillance pro...

News sunday" the next attack on america could be nuclear and crucial to keep government surveillance programs confidential. mike emanuel is live in washington now. disturbing warning from the former vice president who says if you thought 9/11 was awful, the next strike could be worse dick cheney warns this is still a nation at war. >> that puts you over into the gathering being able to use all of your military assets, your intelligence assets and so forth in order to protect the country against ...

Numbers, length of calls, information on location -- has no fourth amendment protections based on a 1979 supreme court case. >> you cannot -- >> [inaudible] >> can i answer? you may not like it, but ill answer. you can query the numbers. the only numbers you have, theres no content. you have the name and the number called whether its one number or two numbers. thats all you have. then you can get the numbers. if you want to collect content, then you get a court order. >> reporter: and the nation...