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by democrats in a hearing that at times got fiery today democrats say he didnt prove anything at all as the country heard from the special counsel for the first time our findings were sobering. >> john durham appearing the first time in front of the house judiciary committee about his scathing 300 page report which found the fbi had no actual evidence of collusion when investigating links between russia and the 2016 trump campaign. >> i have had any number of fbi agents who have come t...

Researchers developed a new cipher called SCARF that promises to protect computers against spy programs.

Surveillance authorities. >> there will be no clean reauthorization of fisa or other spy programs unless there is significant reforms. >> bret that, is congressman darren la hood. is he leading the bipartisan fisa zoo working group and he tells fox to expect recommendations on reforms as early as next month. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. thanks. also breaking tonight house republicans trying to make history they are pushing a censure resolution against democratic congressman ada...

You have to physically get there. its not like you can go there and get it. but let me let you listen to some republicans. including mitch mcconnell who joe biden has made a big show of trying to friend him up, but this is how hes treating all of this. this is mitch mcconnell. >> the administration has still not been able to divulge any meaningful information about what was shot down, what in the world is going on? >> were not hearing anything. which just shows you that the administration really...

I want to bring bob bear back into the conversation. we were just having about this report that were seeing this morning in the washington post, bob that says nsa spy programs have scooped up a ton of information, not of terrorist targets, but of pretty -- some ordinary americans who are not really under investigation for this, were talking, everything from, like, fitness selfies to baby photos, resumes, you were saying you think ordinary americans should be concerned about this. >> well, more t...

Hezbollah. he has no connections with hezbollah, but that was enough to get him put on a no fly list. he flew to new york, once, turned around, tried again, turned around a second time, and he has american children and simply based on these vast databases. and that we cant look into them. and the federal government acts on them. >> do you think that this is going to -- this is a big revelation. this is the stuff that really scares americans when theyre talking about privacy and these spy program...

>> then they say heres my family, my parents. its not just for kids. >> never ending. thats the problem. its cyclical approximately i want to move to the caliphate. >> i can help transition. first of all, this isnt about immigration its about borders. president obama wants to take in boarders than enforce borders. thats the problem. whats happening is as we were about to talk about the caliphate, that is intimately connected to our border. terror seeks the path of least resistance. the hole in t...

Verbally. and snowden claims he was told to stop asking questions. the nsa says it only has one e-mail from snowden to its office of general counsel asking about the legal power of an executive order, but nothing about the spy programs. in the reply, snowden is told to follow up if he had additional questions. snowden called the e-mail release incomplete. all right, new details this morning of just who in china may be responsible for hacking into servers in this country. the "wall street journ...

>> anybody, anybody at the va doctored papers, engaged in a cover-up, withheld health care for veterans, they need to be investigated, they need to be prosecuted, they need to be fired. >> the inspector generals report finds the va awarded bonuses to top officials based in part on performance goals, including shorter appointment wait times. that may have been an incentive for some to cook the books. the nsa this morning firing back at edward snowdens claims that he tried to blow the whistle on...

President obamas changes in the national security agency spy programs. take a listen. >> we cannot prevent terrorist attacks or cyber threats without some capability to penetrate digital communications. whether its to unravel a terrorist plot, to intercept malware, to make sure traffic control systems are not compromised, or to ensure that hackers do not empty your bank accounts. >> some of the changes are going to happen right away, while others will require more study and action by congress to...