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Of al qaeda operatives getting busted by e-mail. we have a right to know what the government is keeping. >> i may have heard a different news conference. i thought he said it only tar t targets forrenners. >> in response to tuckers point this is a massive amount of meta data that is being called together. it is like who is calling who when and how many times and not the actual content of the calls. the administration is right to go and get the content of the call. you have to get a warrant and s...

Calling, how long -- its astonishing effort. if it is successful, its real condemnation who the american people have become. framers of the constitution warned us, never to base government power on the assumption of the good motivations of our officials. you cant rely on that. you cant give them that power. what they are doing acquiring massive power in collection of the data. look, we just collect it and we look at it when we need to. that is hardly assurance. meta data there is a lot of privac...

And durations of calls. they are not looking at peoples names and they are not looking at content. i with respect to the internet, emails, this does not apply to u.s. citizens and does not apply to people living in the united states. if people cant trust not only the executive branch but also dont trust congress and dont trust federal judges to make sure that were abiding by the constitution and rule of law, were going to have some problems here. >> megyn: doug mckelway live at the white house. ...

It is actually far more intrusive than listening in on the could not sent of the calls themselves because this metadata tracks the personal social network in this country. leading democrats in the senate were already sounding the alarm even before the order became public. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could, inadvertently perhaps collect but not wittingly. ...

Of staff intelligence officer. thank you for your time here. good morning. can you explain why this would be necessary. >> sure, good morning, bill, basically what were looking at here is the way to go through a whole bunch of information very, very quickly, and in this day and age of meta data and going through many, many reams of information there are information processors, information culling processes that nsa uses that go into finding out who is talking to whom, why they are talking to the...

This program was disclosed in "usa today" in 2006. its not a new program. whats new is that we have a document saying it was recently reauthorized, which is bringing this to everybodys attention. but the idea that the nsa had a very large database of meta data they were trolling has been out there before. its not entirely new information. >> what about the verizon statement? im just curious. the verizon statement, you know, that they had no choice but to comply with this. some are suggesting the...

But it could also reveal where youre calling from, and its important to remember in the era of internet communication this type of meta data as they call it sometimes is more revealing than what you say on the call. it can reveal your political associations, your religious affiliations, your medical doctors, what doctors are calling as well, even your infideli infidelities. thats not information the government should have unless its targeting a specific terrorist or investigation. >> you heard d...

Nine major internet companies collecting all sorts of data, all sorts of data, a program that appears to be much broader than what we were talking about earlier. >> chris: more on all of this with the panel. just what washington needs now -- donald trump? up next, bodily going where the irs probably wont go again. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of ...

Its a program that collected this meta data and allowed the government to sift through it in such a way to identify terrorists, to go after them? >> in in that sense its not much different substantively than the bush administration was doing. >> chris: the reaction to this has been fascinating today. it has crossed party lines. al gore tweeted this. is it just me or secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous? on the other hand you have senators dianne feinstein and chamblis, top democrats,...

House official noted that the does not allow the government to listen in on anyones telephone calls, instead it allows for monitoring of meta data, such as the telephone number or the link of a call. all three branches of government are involved in the review process and intelligence collection. for a white house battling controversy over its policies to combat 21st century terrorism threats, the action in the wake of news will fuel debate over what is in our national security interests, and wha...