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>> shepard: theres chris wallace. chairman rogers of the committee, asking the deputy do you have the ability to listen to our phone calls and read our e-mails, and he said, no, we do not have the authority. i dont understand how it is they keep getting to not answer questions and why theyre -- >> in terms of the program, may be other programs but in terms of the phone program, theyre only picking up phone records. theyd have to go bask and get -- >> shepard: that wasnt the question. >> from in ...

About our cyber warfare against them, i thought this guy committed treason before. if the information that he indicated about china is true, i think thats count two in his treason indictment. >> ambassador, thank you. always nice to see you. is the obama administration deliberately keeping congress out of loop. rick klein tweeted, obama says every member of congress has been briefed on phone program, suggests only intel committee knew about p.r.i.s.m. congressman long says not quite. >> i am n...

Treason before. if the informs he indicated about china is true, i think thats count 2 in his treason indictment. >> ambassador, thank you. >> is the obama administration deliberately keeping congress out of the loop? rick cline reporting in a tweet, obama says every member of congress has been briefed on phone programs at nsa, suggesting only intel new about prism. billy long does not agree with president obama, tweeting back... phone program, suggests only intel committee knew about p.r.i.s.m....

About our cyber warfare against them, i thought this guy committed treason before.inform indicated about china is true, i think thats count two in his treason indictment. >> ambassador, thank you. always nice to see you. is the obama administration deliberately keeping congress out of loop. rick klein tweeted, obama says every member of congress has been briefed on phone program, suggests only intel committee knew about p.r.i.s.m. congressman long says not quite. >> i am not aware of the progr...

Surprised by the scope of the surveillance program. >> i did not know a billion records a day were coming under the control of the federal executive branch. >> reporter: its part of the growing outcry for the government to make more information available to the public about its secret phone and internet tracking programs, and its not just politicians, internet giants, google, microsoft and facebook are calling for permission to tell the public what they gave out and lawsuits are threatening, inc...

Out. and lawsuits are threatening including the aclu challenging the constitution nalt of the phone program. suspected leaker edward snowden said he wants that debate. >> the public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong. and im willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didnt change these. i didnt modify the story. this is the truth. this is whats happening. you should decide whether we need to be doing this. >> reporter: while a law ...

And lawsuits are threatening, including the aclu challenging the constitutionality of the phone program. suspected leaker edward snowden says he wants that debate. >> the public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong and im willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didnt change these. i didnt modify the story. this is the truth. this is whats happening. you should decide whether we need to be doing this. >> reporter: while a law enfor...

Because it was leaked last week. on the phone program. looking at that leaked document, and knowing what you know, as a senator with the kind of access that you do, to what kinds of rulings these are, are you at all sympathetic to the argument from the other side that the rulings, themselves, showing you what the law is might, itself, compromise the effectiveness of those programs? >> well, im not at all sympathetic. especially now. its widely acknowledged by the white house that that was an acc...

And thats what should change. the standards of the law should be public. >> we have seen one of the previously secret fisa court rulings on one of these programs because it was leaked last week. on the phone program. looking at that leaked document, and knowing what you know, as a senator with the kind of access that you do, to what kinds of rulings these are, are you at all sympathetic to the argument from the other side that the rulings, themselves, showing you what the law is might, itself, c...

Thats been controversial about fisa from the beginning. i guess you could say that whenever the police seek a search warrant when someone is under investigation, thats ex parte, too. the police dont say, were thinking about searching your house, do you want to come down to the court and argue before the judge about whether we get a warrant. so a lot of those things are ex parte as well. going back to the bite you played where he said he has the authority to wiretap anyone in the u.s. now granted...