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Bring the issue of hacking and cyber security to the forefront. clemency. he is wanted on flown charges for disclosing the nsa collection program. serving a 35 year prison term for disclosing hundreds of thousands of classified and unclassified documents to wikileaks. joining me now my co-host on the five is kimberly guilfoyle. k.g., you and i may see differently on snowden. i look at him as a whistle blower, you may not. you may or may not agree. >> we have taken different positions a little bi...

Bring the issue of hacking and cyber security to the forefront. clemency. he is wanted on flown charges for disclosing the nsa collection program. serving a 35 year prison term for disclosing hundreds of thousands of classified and unclassified documents to wikileaks. joining me now my co-host on the five is kimberly guilfoyle. k.g., you and i may see differently on snowden. i look at him as a whistle blower, you may not. you may or may not agree. >> we have taken different positions a little bi...

Which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. presidential contender senator rand paul is here and today a federal appeals court in a 3-0 ruling held that the nsa collection program is illegal and not covered by the patriot act. senator, welcome to the show and your thoughts on this 3-zip ruling by the second circuit. >> this is a big deal. weve been waiting for this for over a year now. i sued the nsa last year because i t...

Electricity one week after that massive ice storm slammed the midwest. that system also being blamed for problems in the northeast. some 4,000 remain without power in maine. now another blast of winter targeting the area this weekend could cause more outages. and 1.3 million americans receivi receiving unemployment benefits will see them expire today if congress does not act. two judges making conflicting rulings on the legality of the nsas sweeping surveillance practices of snooping on all of...

Peter king, chairman of the subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence. good to see you today. >> thank you. >> your reaction to this latest ruling, which says the nsa found that this is legal? >> i fully support the judges decision. i strongly believe that the program is legal and constitutional and everyones rights are being protected. and its very important to our national security. i fully support judge pauley and his opinion. >> how worried are you that the judge might find that the ...

Suggests the nsa collection program was not essential to collecting the data. >> they are talking about preventing an attack if its imminent if the only shot that counts is the shot of the buzzer, there were a lot of shots before that. they found they did prevent attack and they were useful in investigating groups that were intent on making attacks. gregg: i know you saw the "wall street journal," the front page. a 30-year veteran. he said the agency is absolutely drowning in this metadata. he c...

And after weeks of staying out of the spotlight, edward snowden suddenly re-emerges. british television aired his christmas message as abcs pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: edward snowden, the whistle-blower, has emerged from the shadows for a victory lap. >> hi, and merry christmas. >> reporter: in this holiday message recorded for great britains channel 4, snowden is resolute -- leaking nsa secrets was the right thing to do. >> because privacy matters. privacy is what allows us to determine...

Rising serious questions about the scope. secret court documents unclassified showing the nsa was rebuked in 2011 for collecting thousands of e-mails that had no ties to suspected terrorism calling into question why the nsa would ever be gathering that info. kathryn harris with answers. hi. >> reporter: these newly classified documents shown two years ago the fisa court determined the nsa collection program violated existing statutes and constitutional protections. in one opinion, judge john d. ...

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