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Established under the court under president bush in 2006 and 2008. and although candidate obama had problems with it, president-elect obama was briefed on it and embraced them as they existed when he came to office. >> general, one of the things that i think has been written about from both the left and the right -- peggy noonan wrote about it this weekend -- is that there is a lack of confidence in the government, which has evolved over a variety of administrations. so, when you say trust me, t...

You go get a warrant from the fisa court to use those phone records, that so-called meta data, to then find out what that network is. what im proposing is to limit that collection in a way that keeps faith with the 4th amendment. if you think about the 4th amendment, the king when the founders wrote the bill of rights, could not only take your property and your treasure, but he could take your life, and probably most precious of all, your liberty. i think we owe it to the american people to have...

And as americans learn about the safeguards and the effects of the products of this program, i think theyll become even more comfortable. >> what has been misconstrued, from your judgment, having presided over these programs? what is done that people dont really understand is being done? >> whats most unfortunate is that both stories, p.r.i.s.m. and the meta data story, came out at the same time, and those stories have been interwoven in a bunch of public discourse about it. the meta data story ...

I think these programs and the way that obama has pursued them are an attempt to establish in law a set of rules the country can live with. and although general hayden would have preferred, obviously, that we not have this debate and that these things remain secret, were now in a debate that will have the useful consequence of people getting to make sensible decisions about the programs, do they really add to our security? it looks like the public thinks they do. >> right. >> are you willing to ...

The things he claimed he was able to do in terms of tapping communications. five inspectors general looked at the program which you wrote about, and in a public report said there were no abuses. controversial program but no abuses. >> but snowden got into things you didnt know about. >> one more point, though. congressman, its only terrorism. the only way you can access the meta data is through a terrorist predicate. >> where is that written? >> its in the court order. its in the broad structure...

Presided over these programs? what has been done that people dont understand? >> its most unfortunate that both stories, p.r.i.s.m. and meta data story came out at the same time. those stories have been interwoven in a bunch of public discourse about it. the meta data story does touch upon americans in a massive way with phone records but not the content. the p.r.i.s.m. story is about foreigners. and it is about content. those things have become glued together, much to the harm of a rational nat...

Who is sitting there who said no to a 9-11 terrorist. you give up. >> gregg: yeah. you wrote a column about this. its called "privacy matters." people should read it. its a terrific column. you write about correctly the expectation of privacy under the famous katz versus u.s. case. that was about the content of conversations and people eavesdropping on that. this, however, is on its face, its data collection, meta data, and under smith versus maryland, 1979, the court said there is no 4th amendm...

Whether its good or bad idea, we need to repair congressional oversight, someone is watching the watchers. >> gregg: the initial reporting created shock waves among most americans. obviously, some of the media didnt help with rather hysterical denunciations before they knew the facts. since then, this is actually data collection, meta data as it is known. less than 1% is actually accessed, meaning the contents of the communication is looked in to. only then, is it accesswood a further court orde...

That meta data. the answer that senator feinstein gave me when i asked her about this on thursday, what is the check? they are determining for themselves technicians, who i am sure are act aing from your perspective, responsibly, and trying to stop attacks on the united states. they do this unilaterally and in secret and they do this under an incredibly vast pool of meta data they swim in of american citizens. >> are there specific instens you guys know of that there has been -- >> thats the poi...

I did not get briefed on. thats my own fault. >> jason chasith joins us. >> thank you very much. happy birthday. >> if it wasnt so serious, it would be laughable. the fbi director. >> hes been in the office 12 years. i wanted to have a discussion about geolocation and one thing to have meta data, what telephone number called what telephone number, but to be able to trian late that and tell specifically talk about where somebody was. i didnt try to play got you. i submitted the questions a week i...