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Former press secretary for president obama. spencer ackerman, u.s. security editor for the "guardian," and mr. sanchez, fellow at the cato institute. robert, i wanted to begin with you. one of the fascinating things to me about the press conference was the certainty president obama had that these were necessary programs, and you think back to the campaign and the sort of, the aggressive civil liberty rhetoric you heard back then. what happens to an administration? what changes, if anything has c...

They look through your data? theyve started to argue, the administration has, and youve heard this somewhat from obama today sort of between the lines that it only happens when they query the stuff theyve already taken and have safeguards on that and its limited. the problem with that is, and this is going to be mart of the debate going forward, is the patriot act theyre deriving this authority from isnt about when you can analyze data, its an when you can collect it. >> and robert, when you hea...

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