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Cammeron, keep it pithy, what is google doing exactly? >> they say they want to be able to report more to the public about what they have been required to do by the government because in their words to filing in the spy court in d.c. that overseas nsa and fisa court they say their reputation has been damaged and their business has been hurt because of false and misleading reports by the media so, what they want to do is report exactly how many times requests for information under -- by the fisa ...

Cammeron, keep it pithy, what is google doing exactly? >> they say they want to be able to report more to the public about what they have been required to do by the government because in their words to filing in the spy court in d.c. that overseas nsa and fisa court they say their reputation has been damaged and their business has been hurt because of false and misleading reports by the media so, what they want to do is report exactly how many times requests for information under -- by the fisa ...

Nsa on wednesday told congress that these methods of surveillance, in particular the prism program that, that may have helped prevent dozens of terrorist attacks? well, specifically one from 2009? >> section 702 clarkson was critical to discovery and disruption of the plot to bomb the new york city subway system; is that correct? >> that is correct. in fact not just critical, it was the one that developed the lead on it. >> well, snowden says thats also not true. in his online chat he wrote "u.s...

Relating to the capabilities of a database to pull together past e-mails and future ones as they come in so that it does not require an individualized search. >> reporter: asked if the database is part of or separate from the nsas prism program, they referred them to the fbi where there was no immediate comment. >> reporter: they keep snowden out of their country. they say any airline that brings him to the uk will be find. cheryl at kiss ons computer was accessed by an update unauthorized gro...

That the nsa has been systematically lying to congress. theyve been deceiving the american people, theyre building this worldwide spying apparatus, he felt the need to do that outweighed his own personal self-interest. that said, he also knows that the u.s. government is the most powerful entity on earth, that it considers him to be the number one most wanted individual. they intend to, if they get their hands on him, basically destroy his life. and although i havent discussed specifically with ...

Broad political support and public acceptance. so in this case, i actually think were going to have to take a little bit of operational loss to make more public exactly what it is were doing and not doing and why it has been effective in protecting the united states. so i think well see a bit few more examples out there of how this program has been successful. >> general hayden, its willie geist. weve been talking about the prism program for a week now, since the "washington post" and glenn gree...

This worldwide spying apparatus, that he felt that the need to do that outweighed his own personal self-interest. that said, he also knows that the u.s. government is the most powerful entity on earth, that it considers him to be the number one most wanted individual. that they intend to, if they get their hands on him, basically destroy his life. and although i havent discussed specifically with him what his plans are, he knows that he is holding some cards given that he had access to very top ...

The united states. >> how has president obama changed the nsa program? obviously its a bit of a comedy. its actually a farce of a comedy when you have right wing talkers who supported george bu bushs program who now say this is a grave threat to americas national security and left wing talkers who thought george bushs program was a grave threat to national security but now support the president, this president? is there a big difference between the two programs? >> yeah. actually, president obam...

Dana, to you first. tell me just broadly speaking, what should we expect out of the hearing today? and how much of this nsa story do you think will permeate sort of the testimony of the questioning? >> its hard to imagine that it wont. ive already been told by sources on this committee that theyve been alerted that several democratic senators will ask about the issue of the phone records and also probably the so-called prism program. getting involved with peoples internet searches and things lik...

Important is what he is talking about which is the bill of rights, the fourth amendment, the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. that does rise to a very high level for me. then you have to ask yourself he is practicing civil disobedience and many times in our history we have honored people who have done that. im reserving judgment on that. i am worried on the one hand about people who release information, who might get people killed in the field, i dont think this rises to th...