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Had and maybe even the same going for e-mails? not only who i e-mail but what im saying in the e-mail. >> i think this is something we have to figure out and the courts have to decide. im worried about meta data. people saying that doesnt mean anything. for example, my visa bill, some would call that meta data. but you can tell whether i drink, whether i smoke, what magazines or books i read, whether i go to a doctor, what medicines i take. they might say its meta data because it wasnt the conte...

Suicide bombing in a russian train station. a female attacker blew herself up at a security gate. no one claimed responsibility. big victory for the n.s.a. friday. it comes after another federal judge called the program, quote, orwellian, and said it likely violates the constitution. a week ago a commercial -- congressional panel released finding. what will happen to the n.s.a., if anything? joining us now is general mike mukasey. we have diametrically opposed opinions from two judges. who is ...

Intelligence surveillance court. so there are three branches of government looking at this. the fact is that the only thing that was at stake here was the so-called telephone met at that data program -- meta data program which involves no content. only the calling number, the date and length of the call. that is the only information that is gathered. so concern about government listening in on telephone calls i think is misplaced and completely inaccurate. >> former attorney general michael muka...

Position in the obama administration. >> i seriously doubt that. if hes angling for a higher position in the obama administration, i seriously doubt hes going to get it. that is, i think, really borderline absurd. >> one other aspect to this that i find interesting. while pauly claimed that the program was legal and valuable, he also said, quote, if left unchecked, it imperils the civil liberties of every citizen. do we just trust the government to know where the red lines are and to adhere to t...

>> no, not really. i know both men. i think highly of both men. theyre obviously not both right. they couldnt conceiveably be. and my view is that judge pauly is right in this case. >> im sorry, judge pauly. heres a question i have for you. is the way the two judges approached their decisions after the decisions were made different as well? judge leon issued an injunction against the n.s.a. data collection but stayed that injunction pending appeal. judge pauly issued no such action after his rul...

I think this program is constitutional. there arent guys listening into your phone conversations. they are taking billionses of electrons and storing them. to connect the dots you must collect the dots. thats all they are doing. >> thats a good point. mr. foster, thats an important point. there is not one example of where the government has been snooping in someones telephone or computer data. oh, they are looking at nasty pictures or something. >> fair point. but thats not the standard. meta da...

I think this program is constitutional. there arent guys listening into your phone conversations. they are taking billionses of electrons and storing them. to connect the dots you must collect the dots. thats all they are doing. >> thats a good point. mr. foster, thats an important point. there is not one example of where the government has been snooping in someones telephone or computer data. oh, they are looking at nasty pictures or something. >> fair point. but thats not the standard. meta da...

I think this program is constitutional. there arent guys listening into your phone conversations. they are taking billionses of electrons and storing them. to connect the dots you must collect the dots. thats all they are doing. >> thats a good point. mr. foster, thats an important point. there is not one example of where the government has been snooping in someones telephone or computer data. oh, they are looking at nasty pictures or something. >> fair point. but thats not the standard. meta da...

The founding fathers would be astounded to see what nsa and others are doing. you know, its not snowden. in a way hes irrelevant on this. its a question of how well this has been looked at and how much the american public knows about it. i was heartened by an editorial in the "new york times" today who strongly recommends nsa as republican and the presidents panel on this. a very good panel recommends the same thing. >> but the panel wants to allow the bulk collection of our meta data with some ...

Has been looked at and how much the american public knows about it. i was heartened by an editorial in the "new york times" today who strongly recommends nsa as a republican and the presidents panel on this. a very good panel recommends the same thing. >> but the panel wants to allow the bulk collection of our meta data with some control. the government ought not to be able to stockpile it, a third party ought to have a crack at it? >> they said they will send it to the senate judiciary committe...