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>> given everything that you have just said, how difficult is it becoming to balance rights to privacy and security? >> well, we think thats a false dichotomy. a lot of the reports that have come out over the last several months have proven that the surveillance programs dont keep us any safer. they dont prevent terrorist attacks or crime and theyre actually of little value of finding suspects after the fact. so its really more security theater that makes us feel better but doesnt really work an...

Surveillance programs on friday setting limits on the collection of foreign intelligence and appointing a public advocate and making major changes to the agencys controversial collection of bulk telephone records. the presidents speech is after a month-long review of the intelligence-gathering practices prompted by last years leak of classified documents by former nsa analyst, edward snowden. june -- joining the poll will you please. matt, what do you make of the proposals the president is makin...

Proposing new limits on the nsa, restricting access to the telephone records of millions of americans, among other things. elizabeth brown has the latest from washington. >> president obama clearly said he is not ending the surveillance programs, he did propose a number of tweaks the nsa will need permission before accessing american-stored phone records. the agency will no longer monitor allied leaders and congress is tasked with creating a panel to monitor the ongoings of the foreign intellige...

I learned since indicated that our intelligence community has sought to violate the law or is cavalier about civil liberties of u.s. citizens. >> privacy advocates say new technologies are reaching far into american lives. law makers are standing by the presidents decision to leave much of the nsa intact. the president stance is a far cry from his campaign position in 2008. the then senator would openly criticize surveillance programs, emphasizing the importance of civil liberties. the former ge...

Afghan presidential election in april. right now there are a lot of scenarios and none look good in the future. >> thank you so much for that report. reaction is pouring in now over president obamas proposed nsa reforms including a proposed new limit on the spy agency and restricting its access and storage to the telephone meta data collection process. elizabeth prann has the latest from washington. >> president obama clearly said he is not ending the surveillance programs. he did propose a nu...

Making it clear he is not ending surveillance programs. he, instead, defended both metadata collection. expand programs while respecting americans society and telling options. he calls for new guidance and reforms to quote balance national security and privacy. >> what i did not do is stop these programs wholesale. not only because i felt that they made us more secure, but also because nothing in that initial review and nothing that i have learned since indicated that our intelligence community ...

Attackers. with u.s. troops winding down their mission in afghanistan, the fear is that the taliban will launch more of these attacks on these so-called soft targets with the resulting chaos destabilizing the country and removing the fragile gains. >> conner, thanks. syrias main opposition group says they will finally sit at the negotiation table. the peace talks scheduled next week in switzerland as the international community tries to find a way to end the countrys yearlong bloody civil war....

Those plans. >> so many of the young people the administration thinks you are so stupid that you cant do basic math. that you have no idea that your role in obamacare is to subsidize people who are much older and sicker than you are. thats your only role. you are a sheep. you are at the bottom of a food chain. your job get eaten. turns out young people are deciding to clue into this. >> roll the dice and either pay that fee or take my chances and hope i dont get sick or in a car accident. >> $95...

Cavalier about the civil liberties of their fellow citizens. >> reporter: the stance is a far cry from the then senator obama back in 2008 who credit citizenned surveillance programs as violation of civil liberties. his shift is illicitting reactions. saying technologies are reaching too far into american lives. others say the president needs to look at things differently now that hes president and not a senator. >> i think you get wiser when you put your hand on that bible and suddenly the live...

Says, sounds good to me. and no one arguing on the other side. >> and you have judge bates, the chief judge, appointed by justice roberts, who wrote the president a letter this week saying, no, no, no, we dont need anyone providing the opposing point of view. come on. this is the adversarial legal system. one plaintiff, one defendant, a judge. >> what about the people who say, and i saw hayden make the vote, thats the way it works, a new york city cops wants a warrant, he doesnt need a lawyer on...