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Times" whos been covering national security and wrote about this development today. thank you for being here today. >> thanks for having me. >> so, this is the first time that a judge in a regular court has ruled against the nsas surveillance program. there have been rulings before, though, or at least arguments on this subject before the fisa court, before a secret court, right? >> thats right. the secret surveillance court, known as the fisa court or the fisk, has repeatedly authorized this on...

>> thanks for having me. >> so, this is the first time that a judge in a regular court has ruled against the nsas surveillance program. there have been rulings before, though, or at least arguments on this subject before the fisa court, before a secret court, right? >> thats right. the secret surveillance court, known as the fisa court or the fisk, has repeatedly authorized this one secret program going back to the bush administration. that court looks very different than this one. >> in terms o...

Reporter for "the new york times" whos been covering national security and wrote about this development today. thank you for being here today. >> thanks for having me. >> so, this is the first time that a judge in a regular court has ruled against the nsas surveillance program. there have been rulings before, though, or at least arguments on this subject before the fisa court, before a secret court, right? >> thats right. the secret surveillance court, known as the fisa court or the fisk, has re...

Was that effective. but homicides are down 25%. so its happening because the nypd is doing better policing being they a, theyre working with community groups, good nonviolent community groups doing the work on the ground and better policing. stop and frisk has not worked and we dont need the policy to bring down crime. in tha . >> thank you so much for that perspective. soon after a new phrase with the phrase god save the united states and this honorable court, the justices will tackle the rol...

The public, which is that i worked very hard as attorney general, as governor, as a prosecutor years back. >> do you think the governor has shown integrity? >> listen, i think eliot spitzer believes there are two sets of rules, one for him and one for the rest of us. hes not in the public campaign finance program so hes trying to buy this election with his own money. i have released five years of my tax return because if youre going to be leading the public fisk in this city people have to know ...

Call us. were here to help. . texas showdowns. stop and fisk. this weeks must read. lets bring in the big three panel, editor for roll call. msnbc contributor and msnbc contributor and strategist jimmy williams. thanks if are being with us. let me start with you. take a listen to texas governor rick perry talking about democratic senator davis after her successful filibuster of a controversial bill in texas. >> she was the daughter of a single woman. she was a teenage mother herself. she manag...

With an individual in the united states need khalid uazani, individuals identified through the fisk were able to detect a nascent plotting to bomb the new york stock exchange. uazani had been providing information and support to this plot. the fbi disrupted and arrested these individuals. also david headley, the u.s. citizen living in chicago. responsible for the killing of over 160 people. also n. sa through coverage of an al qaeda affiliate it had terrorist found that he was working on a plot ...

Twice. is the way it works is -- there is an application made by the fbi under the statute to the fisa course. we calls it the fisk. they asked for and receive permission from the fisk under there to get reports that are relevant to a national security investigation they must demonstrate that it will be operated -- this is what covers intelligence gathering in the federal government. it is limited to tangible objection. these are like reports. it is dwight explicitly limited to things you could ...

Immediate reports and what weve done to fix it and remedy the ones that we reported. we also to congress under this program, the department of justice and the office of the director of national intelligence provide a semiannual report to the fisk and to congress assessing all of our compliance with the targeting and minimization procedures that are contained in the court order. bill: kind of information so many americans have been asking for for the past week now, ten days since this nsa story b...

Any significant interpretations that the court makes of the 215 statute. if they make a ruling that is significant or issue an order that is significant in its interpretation, we provide those as well as the applications we made for those orders to the intelligence committee and to the judiciary committee. every 30 days, we are filing with the fisk, with the court, a report that describes how we implement this program. it includes a discussion you how were applying the standard. it talks about t...