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I discovered that and blew the whistle finn nsa, to congress and to the department of defense and shade what i knew that was unclassified about the secret surveillance programs as well as the multibillion dollars of fraud, waste and abuse at nsa in 2006. >> judge jeanine: you make the decision and take the designated whistle blower route. the supervisor, congress, dod, inspector general. you end up getting indicted. why? >> under the obamaed a about menstruation no less. it was part of his looki...

To sit at his desk and wire tap the president. vice president cheney doubts he had that capability. some of that was exaggerated. whatever he had, you dont want a former private contractor inside the super secret nsa giving that information up to the chinese in return for a safe haven. >> yeah. some of the critics saying some of this guys claims are absolutely off the wall, kind of wild. what about the nsa surveillance programs. mr. chip any credited by some or accused by others as largely being...

Nsa became the executive agent. i discovered that and blew the whistle finn nsa, to congress and to the department of defense and shade what i knew that was unclassified about the secret surveillance programs as well as the multibillion dollars of fraud, waste and abuse at nsa in 2006. >> judge jeanine: you make the decision and take the designated whistle blower route. the supervisor, congress, dod, inspector general. you end up getting indicted. why? >> under the obamaed a about menstruation n...

Theres virtually no transparency at all about how much of this has really caught up on american citizens. i think thats really one of the issues here. youve got the creation of a modern surveillance infrastructure with no debate publicly, except on an ad hoc basis when someone in the press reports about it. >> david? >> i dont think its fair to say theres been no debate. after these programs were conducted without legal authority, essentially warrantless wiretapping under the bush administration...

Turning to that too and of course to the difference that nelson mandela made in pulling this country out of those dark days. >> nbcs keir simmons live in south africa. keir, thank you so much. in a new interview today white house chief of staff dennis mcdonagh described president obamas reaction to the nsa leaks. >> president welcomes a public debate on these questions because he does say and he will say again in the days ahead that we have to find the right balance. we have to strike the righ...

Significantly less effective and it reveals to our adversaries crucial information they shouldnt have. >> the intelligence community briefed congress on justification for the secret surveillance claiming dozens of terrorist attacks were prevented though few details were offered. while he supports the program and need for secrecy some think our civil liberties are in danger of being compromised. >> i dont think collecting millions and millions of americans phone calls, this is time, place, whom y...

Sort of arab spring is on the horizon. far from it. but it shows how iranians want the country managed in a different way and how they want the country perceived overseas. hassan rouhani is a pragmatic man. during his time as chief nuclear negotiator he got on very well with western powers, western diplomats. and during his time as nuclear negotiator iran suspended uranium enrichment. something they started up again when president ahmadinejad became president. now iranians will wait to see if mr...

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And the cyber attack was the priority in the meeting with chinas president. there was no movement on the issue of hacking. a professor of uc irvine, and joel brenner is inspector and author of the book "america, the vulnerable." there are those who have been hacked and those who have been hacked but dont know it yet. is it as pervasive as that? >> pretty much. if thats an exaggeration its not an exaggeration by far. the penetration of western businesses in general is astounding. >> its so intere...

Protesters. the square in istanbul was crowded. you see the pictures there. sound of music replacing the sound of tear gas cannons being fired. a concert pianist played as protester and riot police watched and listened. in france a crowd cheered on the first test flight of the new air bus. were talking about the a-350 xwb. its designed to go head to head with boeings dreamliner. it has an extra wide body, fuel official and the sound of take off very, very quiet compared to other conventional...