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While the manner in which the DSA is being defended is nothing new, the timing bears significance

While the manner in which the DSA is being defended is nothing new, the timing bears significance

President Obama detailed his NSA reforms last week and, as noted earlier, while they weren't quite as weak as some thought they...

Now the only scandal were following, were following fifas congress convening in zurich ahead of todays vote. show you a live look. president of soccers world governingsepp blatter is up for re-election -- im sorry, we need to head to sunlen serfaty at the white house. >> reporter: here at the white house were looking forward to a weekend session by congress by the senate to try to get these nsa reforms in place. the senate needs to act to extend the patriot act. the white house has been ratcheti...

Different things as a president than you ever dreamed you were going to have to do and your acceptance speech for either the democratic or the republican nomination. talk about what a grueling five years its been for him, reading davids article? >> youre certainly struck and chuck mentions it how the president does seem sort of weary, tired, beaten down, pick your description. you know, i do think last year was a really good year to animate this and that is how many things that you didnt think w...

Surprising. explain what you mean there. >> im sorry, say that again? >> will you talk about the nsa reforms that the president has proposed there? and i believe you said disappointing, but youre not surprised by that. >> im not surprised by it. i think that he had the opportunity to roll it back completely. of course, without congressional action, whatever he does can be overturned or heightened with the next president. so really, this is congress that needs to act. im not surprised by little i...

They ticked off a whole bunch of issues. they sort of left out health care completely, and i said, so what does health care look like? well, they said, as long as everything continues to get a little bit better, a little bit better, they think they can somehow ease things. ultimately, no matter what, they would like to be talking about anything other than health care. they prefer nsa reforms which is unpopular. >> they like this fight because they want credit for a good year, right? >> they do. ...

They do the game apps for the iphone, he suggested president obama go so far as to pardon edward snowden, the nsa leaker, the person that some people call a traitor, others call a whistleblower. president obama said he could not do that. some of the other things we heard from participants in the meeting include that the president told the executives that nsa reforms will be announced in january. the executives got the impression from president obama that have bulk collection is not likely going ...

I asked someone what their january would look like, and they ticked off a whole bunch of issues. they sort of left out health care completely, and i said, so what does health care look like? well, they said, as long as everything continues to get a little bit better, a little bit better, they think they can somehow ease things. ultimately, no matter what, they would like to be talking about anything other than health care. they prefer nsa reforms which is unpopular. >> they like this fight becau...

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