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Question. i am skeptical that the 215 business records program of the nsa is effective. we are talking about the p.r.i.s.m. program. it has been effective. it surveils foreigners who are interested in terrorist activity. but i have to tell you that on the 215 business records front, i dont think collecting millions and millions of americans phone calls -- now, this is the meta data, time, place, to whom you direct the calls -- is making us any safer. i think its ultimately perhaps a violation of...

Presided over these programs? what has been done that people dont understand? >> its most unfortunate that both stories, p.r.i.s.m. and meta data story came out at the same time. those stories have been interwoven in a bunch of public discourse about it. the meta data story does touch upon americans in a massive way with phone records but not the content. the p.r.i.s.m. story is about foreigners. and it is about content. those things have become glued together, much to the harm of a rational nat...

Treason before. if the informs he indicated about china is true, i think thats count 2 in his treason indictment. >> ambassador, thank you. >> is the obama administration deliberately keeping congress out of the loop? rick cline reporting in a tweet, obama says every member of congress has been briefed on phone programs at nsa, suggesting only intel new about prism. billy long does not agree with president obama, tweeting back... phone program, suggests only intel committee knew about p.r.i.s.m....

And thats an argument that will be attractive to a lot of judges. >> and lets juxtapose an eric holder on james rosen or the broader program of p.r.i.s.m., where literally all of this sweeping information collected on american citizens, dont seem insensitive to that. >> the most outrageous thing about the rosen thing, holders explanation is more troubling than his explanation for giving congress incorrect information. >> oh, he lied. >> yes. he says, well, i lied because i had to tell the court ...

About our cyber warfare against them, i thought this guy committed treason before.inform indicated about china is true, i think thats count two in his treason indictment. >> ambassador, thank you. always nice to see you. is the obama administration deliberately keeping congress out of loop. rick klein tweeted, obama says every member of congress has been briefed on phone program, suggests only intel committee knew about p.r.i.s.m. congressman long says not quite. >> i am not aware of the progr...

And thats an argument that will be attractive to a lot of judges. >> and lets juxtapose an eric holder on james rosen or the broader program of p.r.i.s.m., where literally all of this sweeping information collected on american citizens, dont seem insensitive to that. >> the most outrageous thing about the rosen thing, holders explanation is more troubling than his explanation for giving congress incorrect information. >> oh, he lied. >> yes. he says, well, i lied because i had to tell the court ...

Have been in place. is that plausible? >> i dont think we can go back and say what could have prevented 9/11. we have visited and revisited that issue many times. a lot of things could have been done differently and taken precautions going forward. whether it be airline security or p.r.i.s.m. or other things we may never know about. im a little cautious in taking what could have happened if we had p.r.i.s.m. during 9/11. he raises a very good point. we have increased our ability to fight terrori...

Creating a honey pot of data thats open to hackers or whatever by taking it all essentially. >> the horse has left the barn there. >> exactly. corporations already have the honey pot of data. theyre already collecting all of this information on us anyway. i dont think consumers will really see an impact. >> to your point, thats like cops doing local police work and theres going to be a boom in burglar detector business. thats probably not a good way to run the country either. >> im trying to mak...

Leaks he was having the debate that the american people wanted have regarding these programs? >> i think hes forced reforms that reflect his desire to strike the right balance and, you know, not every issue is debated. the congress certainly knew and had the ability to open up this legislation. they had the authority to. >> so many members of congress have come out. weve had this on this program saying we werent fully briefed. >> i watched a guest on your show and said he wasnt briefed on the p....

We put in place technological improvements 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. the database is separate from the p.r.i.s.m. program, the nsa referred fox to the fbi and there was no immediate comment by the bureau where they were studying the transcript of the testimony. >> thank you, maam. the brits are you no reportedly warning airlines, do not let ed snowden on any fli...