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Actually did because now were going to be putting all that information out to the terrorists and the rest of the world, telling everyone what the united states is trying to do to combat terrorism? >> brian: the damage is done. there is a column in the washington beacon and hes got great source. hes a terror guy and go to guy. he says the prism created an uproar within al-qaeda. theyve shifted communications. the jihaddists have to more secure areas. when it comes to microsoft, thats key for our ...

Whats coming to him. part of this is to challenge. youll see in the public hearing questions about the prism program and government eavesdropping. youll hear questions about what you just played there, mr. snowdens account hes there to reveal criminality. lawmakers cant ask in public have you done anything that violates the constitution or the guidelines of this program. much of that is classified. thats why were in this big debate. you have the balance between a public congressional testimony w...

It seems to be more efficient in targeting terrorists not every american and all of their correspondence. >> well, it would be wonderful if we knew all the terrorists before they committed a terror act. the fact is, in this environment, especially people like the tsarnaev brothers in boston. have you to be on the lookout for these lone wolf people making those overseas calls. by the way, again, under the prism program, its only people overseas who are targeted, not american citizens. >> hang on ...

In addition, the president must explain in full the prism program. is the federal government collecting the emails of americans and storing them? yes or no mr. president? finally, the president must order any irs official involved in targeting conservatives to testify fully in front of congress or resign. it is barack obamas obligation to run this country honestly. and to explain to the folks complicated matters and serious allegations. just saying he will get to the bottom of things is not near...

Seriously. >> bill: look into that, look into the irs, we are going to look into the prism program. >> look into it thats congressional judicial and executive signed off. >> bill: what if they were violating it and taking email. >> no indication they were violating the law. the law might have been bad. >> bill: no, no, the whistleblower says they were violated quite clearly. >> the whistleblower. >> do you dislike. >> i dont dislike. >> bill: you dont believe him. >> the scandals, the only thing...

Policy and a particular investigation. >> congressman welsh, you talk a lot about oversight. but what do you think congress should do legislatively to address some of the ongoing concerns that were seeing with the overwhelming oversight or overwhelming issues with the prism program and in essay, the surveillance more generally? is it the repeal of the patriot act or fisa steps? what do you suggest? >> i suggest the mercury approach to tighten up that approach in the patriot act but i think the p...

It seems to be more efficient in targeting terrorists not every american and all of their correspondence. >> well, it would be wonderful if we knew all the terrorists before they committed a terror act. the fact is, in this environment, especially people like the tsarnaev brothers in boston. have you to be on the lookout for these lone wolf people making those overseas calls. by the way, again, under the prism program, its only people overseas who are targeted, not american citizens. >> hang on ...

The points you made in the talking point i agree with look, the constitution protects content of communication. it doesnt protect the fact of communication and that database is keeping simply a collect of telephone numbers for some period of time so the retrospectively if the government says we have a bad call made from a bad guy abroad into the united states, lets go check and see what kind of connections there are with that phone number. >> bill: i think most people would be convinced by that ...

Aforemention and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized, unquote. you cant just seize everything and say you are doing so to try to route out terrorism. you have to have probable cause to violate the privacy of an american. look, you know me. you know im a very tough guy on national security. i support the patriot act. i support drone warfare. i support guantanamo bay. but this is dangerous. the irs scandal proves the federal government can and has...

Aforemention and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized, unquote. you cant just seize everything and say you are doing so to try to route out terrorism. you have to have probable cause to violate the privacy of an american. look, you know me. you know im a very tough guy on national security. i support the patriot act. i support drone warfare. i support guantanamo bay. but this is dangerous. the irs scandal proves the federal government can and has...