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Every -- how long is that phone call? who are you calling? maybe even the location information associated with the phone call. thats a lot of data. its not just about suspected terrorists, its about everybody. >> let me ask you about a statement thats come out tonight from an unnamed official because its always an unnamed official. unnamed senior administration official telling reuters tonight the prism program thats been disclosed by the "washington post" and the guardian tonight, communication...

Has been collected and what is collected and what is being done with it, to have a conclusion at the moment. here we get into the trust us syndrome. im glad to see the vice is a court is actually approving these programs and is overseeing them. all i can tell you, jon, there will be a one heck of a leak investigation into who gave the document describing the prism program, which is the internet gathering monitoring program, to glen walled at "the washington post." that was a very serious nationa...

We really would. but unfortunately for us, senator king just got on the intel committee. lets open the scope of it. senator, youre not off the hook yet baugh we blame people who have no responsibility for blaming them. think about this, though. if you watching this show placed a telephone call or sent an e-mail, chances are good the u.s. government knows about it. these newly revealed documents show national security agency monitored americans telephone and web data for years. it passed congress...

Because of the class pi indicati classification and the secrecy. >> theres been critics within congress and one of them henry waxman who has raised these questions since 2006. thank you for your time. the president said you cannot have 100% security and have 100% privacy. in his words were going to have to make some choices as a society. your reaction to that. >> hes right. we do have to make some choices. we have to achieve a balance. i question whether we achieved the right balance. these are ...

Chats. it includes an effort to sweep up file transfers and log-in information. the so-called prism program collects records from the largest internet companies from microsoft, yahoo! google and facebook. they collect information from the three largest phone companies with hundreds of millions of phone customers. that data includes a record of the location, the number called, the time of the call and the length of the conversation. officials say the effort does not monitor the content of the e-m...

Theres the congress that gave the administration this power. theres the administration which exercised all of that power and more and theres the court, the secret court that signed off on this incredibly broad order that allows the government to sweep up information about everybody. every phone call you make. every -- how long is that phone call? who are you calling? maybe even the location information associated with the phone call. thats a lot of data. its not just about suspected terrorists, ...

Military and burundian another. but they have a base at mogadishu. they line them up every month and pay them $200 in cash and its being run -- >> i saw it when i landed. looked like a forward operating base and i started asking around and got forces to confirm thats what it was. >> two huge stories. yesterday and today, one about nsa getting all the phone records for three months from verizon. today about the nsas prism program, the servers of nine different internet companies including google....

Thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> this is part of the breaking news. internet snooping and breaking news about the governments prism program, a lot going on. and we have someone from the aclu who has very very stern reaction to some stuff breaking over the last couple of days. stay with us. lots still to come. a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zy...

More and theres the court, the secret court that signed off on this incredibly broad order that allows the government to sweep up information about everybody. every phone call you make. every -- how long is that phone call? who are you calling? maybe even the location information associated with the phone call. thats a lot of data. its not just about suspected terrorists, its about everybody. >> let me ask you about a statement thats come out tonight from an unnamed official because its always a...

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