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Working with europes chief representative. >> lady ashton did indeed raise it with me today, we agreed to stay in touch. i agreed to find out exactly what the situation is, and i would get back to her. >> reporter: german prosecutors are investigating whether laws were broken when the u.s. spied on european citizens using the p.r.i.s.m. program that collects overseas internet data, and bugged offices. >> we must say clearly eavesdropping on france is unacceptable, a no go. we are not in the cold...

This topic. if you read the german newspapers german people are upset about the nsa controversy going on in the united states and the collection of this internet data because they feel that theyre targets and, you know, east germany was once a communist state, they had secret police there, they collected information, they spied on people. this is disturbing to the german people. >> oh, it absolutely is, and the president did address it earlier in the day when he had a press conference with the g...

Is is all this surveillance -- assuming that the zazi plot would not have been uncovered without this surveillance program, is that enough? or do they need to be more than just one? and that is a discussion difficult to fix out right here. but intelligence officials would say if you save one life with these programs, why not? >> well thats a reasonable point. the question is will some -- ten years down the road will the fact your internet data and phone data be used in some way that, you know, w...

Weve got much more coming up on "cnn sunday morning," which "cnn sunday morning," which starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, im alison kosik. its 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 on the west. happy fathers day and thanks for beginning your morning with us. first this morning, the government is providing major, new details about how its keeping track of your phone calls and internet use. it insists the surveillance is not as extensive as some have claimed, and it ...

Identifiers met this standard and were queried. the agency says it has helped disrupt dozens of plots. >> feeling the pressure the national security agency is trying to prove to americans this method of tracking phone calls and collecting internet data has helped prevent terror plots. this document cnn just obtained says the surveillance program helped disrupt dozens of potential terrorist plots in the u.s. and in more than 20 countries around the world. the document also details the intelligenc...

Wrong. >> can i jump in here. the focus on edward snowden and particularly to call him a traitor is a tactic to discredit before we even start considering the importance and the magnitude of what he has disclosed about the blanket surveillance of americans phone and internet data. focusing on snowden is an enormous, enormous distraction. >> he made us focus on him, what are you talking about? >> every paper that publishes a story about him has a choice of whether or not to do it. i, for one, we ...

>> no, i dont think so. i think the boston case is irrelevant here. >> why? >> pause -- because you have two guys who are largely off the net. they were home growns. are you sure we would have found something there? im not sure. i think there is a very simple question here, the word surveillance is too narrow. let me tell you what that question is. if you want to understand a conspiracy in the 21st century you can send 20 people out with shoes on to follow you or you could say let me look at the...

>> no, i dont think so. i think the boston case is irrelevant here. >> why? >> because you have two guys who are largely off the net. they were homegrowns. are you sure we would have found something there? im not sure. i think there is a very simple question here, the word surveillance is too narrow. let me tell you what that question is. if you want to understand a conspiracy in the 21st century you can send 20 people out with shoes on to follow you or you could say let me look at the phone dat...

Irrelevant here. you have two guys who are largely off the net. they were home groewns. are you sure we would have found something there? im not sure. i think there is a very simple question here, the word surveillance is too narrow. if you want to understand a conspiracy in the 21st century you can send 20 people out with shoes on to follow you or you could say let me look at the phone data, internet data and i will tell you whether it is you or me or mark i can draw a picture. that is invaluab...

From the fbi, justice department and the nsa about the leak of classified information that revealed a vast government program to monitor americas phone and internet data. there are growing calls on capitol hill for the self-identified leaker, 29-year-old edward snowden, to face criminal charges for his actions. some, including senators dianne feinstein and bill nelson, have called his actions treasonous. saxby chambliss, the top republican on the intelligence committee said if its not treason it...