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Do you agree with that? >> well, i obviously -- im not privy to all of the intelligence about what is happening overseas right now. but a couple of things. first off, as american interests and americans are at threat right now, then we should be doing everything we can could protect our interests and americans, whether its here at home or overseas. >> neil: does that mean the surveillance programs as well that helped track down those threats? >> well, i havent heard yet necessarily that the nsa ...

After intercepting electronic communications between top al qaeda leaders. one u.s. official boasting this was significant, it was the big guys talking and talking about very specific timing for an attack or attacks. the leak about intercepting electronic communications is a bit of unfortunate timing for the administration, just as it has been taking heat over whether the nsa surveillance programs go too far, although the new information showing such close coordination between al qaedas core lea...

Least doesnt oppose tremendously the nsa program to track our e-mails and track our phone calls, they want to make sure it has a legitimate connection with security. and the concern i would have also as a lawyer is, you know, the government collects information all the time. but the courts are there to determine whether that information can be acted upon and invaded in a accepts. here we have all this information thats just going to be sitting there in washington, tempting people who may want to...

Senator durbin, senator chambliss, i thank you both very much. >> thank you. coming up here, the politics of national security. is the administration winning the debate over the nsa surveillance programs? and the big divide over americas role in the world that may, in fact, be a preview of fight ahead in 2016 among republicans. our political roundtable is here, including "morning joe," joe scarborough himself. and former presidential candidate, rick santorum. were back here in 60 seconds. j....

Doing an inept job of defending what they say are essential programs. what is behind it? >> i think president obama may agree, to abuse these powers. he is not willing to go out there, we need to do this. its very telling with the vote last week on amash with the nsa. it doesnt say anything until the night before, bedtime for us, when the press secretary of the white house please dont defund nsa because we need this. they havent said anything about this. >> paul: its been a debacle and jeopardiz...

From the administration and theyre doing a really inept job of defending what they say are essential programs. >> whats behind it? >> i think president obama might secretly agree with -- even though hes used these powers throughout the last four years to keep this country safe, hes not willing to go out there and say, we need to do this. i mean, its very telling with that vote last week on amashs amendment to defund the nsa, that the white house didnt say anything till the night before, after be...

We have work to do here on u.s. soil. we being folks who are concerned about these surveillance, the unconstitutional surveillance programs, and that is really where my focus is at the current time. >> theres obviously the larger issue that youre now concerned about, and also very personal issue of your son and his future. have you spoken to him? do you have any idea where hes gone? do you hope to go there? >> i have not spoken directly to my son, and i dont intend to do so until the appropriate...

Authenticity. yesterday, russia gave snowden temporary asylum for one year. he had been stuck in a transit zone limbo for more than a month, and now his lawyer says snowden needs a job. and one of russias top social networking sites has already offered him one. the lawyer says the group of americans let him stay in their home until he can rent his own place. he did not say where the home is, citing security concern for the guy who decided to leak our top surveillance programs. the white house sa...

>> harold, this is -- this is one example after another after another where the russians just have not cooperated with us and i think the biggest problem is weve got the -- is it the miss universe pageant coming up in russia as well? >> yeah. >> in october. >> alex -- >> we need -- >> alex, we need a countdown clock to the miss universe pageant in russia and a real question, are we going to do what we did in 1980 with the summer olympic games? >> not send our participants some. >> not send our p...

That the russian government would take this step despite our clear and lawful requests in public and private to have mr. snowden expelled to the united states to face the charges against him. hes not a distent, whistle blower. hes charged with a crime. >> the white house says its reconsidering whether president obama will meet with putin next month. some in congress are calling for a stronger response. in the meantime there are reports snowden is getting job offers. lo lon snowden and his attorn...