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Shops refusing to sell this. some of the words being used to describe it. you hear tasteless. another we read today, sickening. also the word disgusting. words being thrown about in social media just to describe this "rolling stone" cover. on the "rolling stone" website, let me get this in. they have responded with this statement. quote, our hearts go out to the victims of the boston marathon bombing and our thoughts are always with them and their families. the cover story we are publishing this...

>> when was the first time someone asked you if you had killed those boys? >> maybe two or three days later. >> police kept their eyes on damien and two other teenage boys. his best friend, jason baldwin, and another, jessie misskelley. there was no physical evidence linking them to the crime scene, but there was something investigators didnt like about them, especially damien. >> damien was kind of a smart ass, and he -- and he was a big reader. >> mara leveritt is a journalist and author of "d...

Is admittedly accompanied by the kind of determine determination that can prompt discovery can also impair vision. if an agenda is in play and momentum at work cracks may go unexplored. judy miller, you served time and in -- time in prison because you were a journalist. has he gone over the line? >> no, i dont think he has. i think he needs to be defended. i think hay is a journalist with a point of view. hes a columnist. hes a blogger. he is now a member of our profession and we ought to stop t...

Thats very kind of you. ill definitely see you there. >> is that hilarious or what. >> i love the guy to death. that was a great call. >> i went to finleys wedding and it cost me like two grand and i didnt -- >> i think the destination -- one time and they put it in a bag in the attic. there was a huffington post reader who wrote how she went to the wedding and the bride wrote and said her $100 cash gift was cheap and that she needed to pay for her own wedding reception, therefore people who att...

>> why do they do that? way want to screw it up and want chaos? >> this is the big picture. i mean chaos is a good word to use. its like the joker in the batman movie. the republicans meta message is that government doesnt work. you cant use government to improve the economy. >> its meta message? >> meta. >> im learning these things. a little older. >> its their big message, okay? >> we need those words? do we need to say those words just to show off the younger reader? >> the older one. but the...

Use. its like the joker in the batman movie. the republicans message is that government doesnt work you. cant use government to improve the economy. >> its meta message? >> meta. >> im learning these things. a little older. >> its their big message, okay? >> we need those words? do we need to say those words just to show off the younger reader? >> the older one. but their crusade is to show that government doesnt work. and that means they can say we muck things up, and they dont mind being blame...

Sweeping up, can they use that to actually open and read e-mails and so on? you seem to give a clear impression to me as a reader that they could do that if they wanted to. >> yeah, piers, i think this is a crucial point. we can sit around and have abstract debates about political theory and what is constitutional but we have a history when we did allow the government to spy on american citizens without oversight and someone looking over the shoulder with real force, we had decades of abuse. mar...

That? they dont have the authority but as we saw with the irs people do do that in the food chain and do abuse that. the government is saying we dont have authority to misuse this but that doesnt mean people wont resort to human nature and abuse it and one thing that struck me in the q and a where you were asked about the ability of people who have the data from the met to data sweeping up, can they use that to actually open and read e-mails and so on? you seem to give a clear impression to me a...

And a with edward snowden and you were involved in that. fascinating exchange of questions and answers. but one of them was really it comes down to trust, doesnt it? the irs scandal, people said they wouldnt do that would that? they dont have the authority but as we saw with the irs people do do that in the food chain and do abuse that. the government is saying we dont have authority to misuse this but that doesnt mean people wont resort to human nature and abuse it and one thing that struck me ...

From the nsa on terror plots reportedly disrupted by programs that monitor our phone call records and e-mails. national security correspondent jennifer grithe pentagon with t latest. >> hi, megyn. the self-proclaimed nsa laker, edward snowden is taking readers questions. we have no way to verify its him. heres an example of questions hes asked. a reader asks him to define what he mean by having direct access and can analysts listen to domestic calls without a warrant? the reality is this, if a n...