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If that seems to be too much of an intrusion which i understand that argument of why people say thats too much of an intrusion, why is that an intrusion, but this not? >> look, i dont know what the exact comparison is on that. i think you have to ask that to the people who hold that point of view. everybody has a different view on that. im proud on this one to defend president obama because i think hes continuing those policies that kept us safe. >> glenn, is it akin to, you know, the tsa taking...

Disconcerting. here is what i do like. i like the fact that were all talking about it now. the only reason were talking about it now is because it leaked out. if the president wanted to have a conversation, he would have said, i got news for you, i got this prism program and i want to tell you about whats in it and i think its time for us to decide if we want to continue with it as opposed to oops, i have a crisis, lets do it now. >> i say america, listen to the wisdom of brian kilmeade. we shou...

Do we know anything about the efficacy of these secret programs? >> i think the government is -- there are indications the government is preparing to release some new information today that would indicate that some of these program helped intercept plots, including the arrest of an alleged plotter named zazi several years ago. but you know, we have also heard from senators, including senator wyden of oregon, who are publicly now saying they are not convinced of the effectiveness of these program...

>> yeah, what do they have? hompleghts are you going to embrace? john boehner? i mean, its i think president obama will be the democrat darling of the liberal. this is a particularly, you know, conflicted situation because you have republicans and democrats on both sides of the issue. republicans and licialtsz on both sides of the issue. dianne feinstein defending this snooping to me the biggest story, a lot of people have buried the lead here. isnt either the prism program where they are snoopi...

Mentioned, part of his overall agenda, transform america and hes going to use government as a sword for whatever purpose that he sees fit to implement his agenda. >> eric, are you a little dismayed that you had to read about it in the guardian, which is a u.k. paper, not the "new york times" or the "washington post," who broke open the pentagon papers and watergate? why werent they reporting on this? >> by the way, president obama said today all your congress people knew about this since 2006. i...

And that its time to stop allowing the u.s. government to get more and more power for itself and destroy more and more of our rights simply by invoking this terrorist canard over and over and over again. we see with the phone records, they werent targeting terrorists. they were targeting all americans indiscriminately. the same with this prism program as well. thats why the light is so vital because it exposes how false their justifications continuously are. >> just finally, try and clarify what...

Reports that the prism program talks about and the nsa boasts about, they pride themselves on discovering all sorts of political conversations in places like turkey and israel. they use facebook and google and skype to invade conversations about a whole variety of things in south america, in asia, and many times, people who are involved in these conversations and where they originate are people in the united states. its all done without warrants and without accountability and the entire world is...

Less likely to kill them than things like a lightning strike or bathtub accident. and that its time to stop allowing the u.s. government to get more and more power for itself and destroy more and more of our rights simply by invoking this terrorist canard over and over and over again. we see with the phone records, they werent targeting terrorists. they were targeting all americans indiscriminately. the same with this prism program as well. thats why the light is so vital because it exposes how ...

Or bathtub accident. and that its time to stop allowing the u.s. government to get more and more power for itself and destroy more and more of our rights simply by invoking this terrorist canard over and over and over again. we see with the phone records, they werent targeting terrorists. they were targeting all americans indiscriminately. the same with this prism program as well. thats why the light is so vital because it exposes how false their justifications continuously are. >> just finally,...

News. that was a bit disconcerting. heres what i do like. i like the fact that were all talking about it now but the only reason were talking about it now is because it leaked out. if the president wanted to have a conversation, he would have said ive got news for you. ive got this prism program, and i want to tell you about whats in it. i think its time for us to decide if we want to continue with it as opposed to oops, i have a crisis, lets do it now. >> i say america, listen to the wisdom of ...