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Its all part of recent efforts to end the standoff between the countrys military-backed government and protesters supporting ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi. bill: republican lawmaker adding to the debate over whether or not ed snowden should be considered a whistleblower or a traitor for revealing information about u.s. spying programs and how the nsa, the national security agency, operates. >> without his doing what he did, members of congress would not have really known about it. ther...

Under fire again for its spying programs. today the obama administration declassified and released three documents outlining the phone and internet data collection programs. right before that agencys deputy director faced tough questions on capitol hill about edward snowden. >> for a 29-year-old school dropout to come in and take out massive, massive amounts of data, it is obvious that there werent adequate controls. has anyone been fired? >> not yet. >> who double checked snowden? >> there are ...

These spying programs. martha: 50 different incidents of terrorism were uncovered by this. >> id like to know which ones. martha: i agree. i think we have been lacking in the clarity. >> and this is a sideshow actually, because we just found out that theyve been stealing peoples financial information, law abiding americans. martha: lets get your thoughts on this other issue. eric holder is trying to calm folks down in congress about his testimony where he said he had no knowledge whatsoever of a...

Yesterday and the u.s. government unsealed three criminal charges against him, including espionage and theft of government property. each of these carries a charge, a maximum sentence of ten years. the united states has asked hong kong to detain snowden based on these charges as they seek his extradition to the united states. still believed to be hiding out in hong kong where he is at a safe house under police protection. how will the proceedings pit the united states against china, which contro...

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Since 911. >> nsa director general keith alexander staunchly defending the governments spying programs. we could find out about the 50 foiled terror plots. nice to see you, sir. >> good morning, good to be here. >> whatever it is. >> edward snowden, do you think he got any help? >> we dont know yet. the only thing that concerns us is the fact that hes in china right now, his girlfriend worked in china at one time. we still dont know. i know hes alleging he turned his back on his own country. he ...

>> they want the ntsb to reopen the investigation. the agency says while the ntsb rarely reinvestigatingics that have already been examined, our investigations are never closed. and we can review any information not previously considered by the board. lawmakers will get a closer look at what the white house is calling the successful side of the nsa spying programs. the nsa sending to congress a list of some 50 plots it says were foiled in part by information gathered by phone records and onlin...

>> transparency hasnt been there. >> hasnt been transparent since day one. >> not as transparent as ever before. very much said one thing and done another. >> coming up which terror plats were stopped the controversial nsa spying programs. we get closer to the answers next. eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! im feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy ...

My intention is to ask the courts and people of hong kong to decide my fate. on the same day that edward snowden reemerged keith alexander had been slated to testify at a committee hearing on capitol hill. of course, he got a good grilling from members of congress eager for their first shot at public on the record answers about the newly exposed spying programs. under questioning from pat leahy of vermont, about how many terrorist attacks have been thwarted by the nsas monitoring of telephone an...

General keith alexander. keep in mind, todays hearing, this was an already scheduled hearing on cyber security. however, it will likely be much more about the surveillance the u.s. government is doing on millions of americans and foreigners that has generated a swarm of reaction on capitol hill and beyond. keep in mind now, the aclu is suing. a philadelphia couple is suing as part of this $3 billion class action suit. google. microsoft. facebook has now asked the justice department if they can m...