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Dont know and crowley doesnt know and that is unacceptable. what about this whistle blower guy. snowden. you saw senator rand paul sympathy for this guy. >> there is a lot of sympathy out there. >> sympathy for him. >> case nuance than trying to determine whether is he a hero orrville alan. i any you can be on the side of wanting to protect americas national security secrets. but also be deep concerned about the potential abuse of these kinds of surveillance programs. >> bill: well, you are dodg...

House knew about it, approved it, stood up and said its right. youve got to trust them. thats what the government is about. >> the public debate about government intrusions into privacy, one that president obama welcomes is now in full swing. >> the government spooks are drunk on power and its time tore congress to intervene. government cant use a soef yit style drag net approach hoping to catch a big fish while catching the endangered species of freedom. >> the vast majority seem to be content ...

And the guy who leaked it, but what was leaked. when president obama came out to publicly defend these surveillance programs last week, he said everything was on the up and up because members of congress were consistently informed about what exactly was going on with this kind of surveillance. actual members of congress beg to differ. and you can tell because of the furious pace of briefings that have now been taking place after the fact. last thursday, just after the story broke, intelligence o...

Paying attention. >> jackie, opinions coming from the fisa court. how might we see more transparency with the programs specifically? can congress really pass something on this? >> youve also heard dianne feinstein who of course is from the in-it tell against committee saying she wants to declassify some of the surveillance programs that have already been released. so maybe youll see wiggle room with that. one of the interesting things the head of the nsa will testify in front of a senate appropr...

Seen this the washington pundit class. >> remember, im based in los angeles. >> thats one strike. >> so thats the real world. >> l.a. is reality, not image. look. you write, matt, its program thats legal, reviewed by congress and subject to court your sight and those are arguments weve heard a lot. its not league in the sense that the supreme court has affirmly ruled on this. you know. youre lawyer. the court said were not going to get to the merits of all the surveillance programs. it basically...

To differ. and you can tell because of the furious pace of briefings that have now been taking place after the fact. last thursday, just after the story broke, intelligence officials briefed 27 senators on just the telephone portion of the surveillance program. later this week, all 100 members of the senate will get a classified briefing in the senate intelligence committee. earlier today the 15 members of that intelligence committee got themselves a closed-door briefing from the nsa director, h...

Fully knew about and fully consented to these sorts of surveillance programs, three of the companies at the center of the leaks started waging an offensive of their own today. today google and microsoft and facebook publicly asked the u.s. government to please allow them to be more transparent with their customers about the kinds of requests for data theyve been getting from government agencies. under current laws these companies are forbidden from disclosing publicly the number of requests and ...

He said everything was on the up and up because members of congress were consistently informed about what exactly was going on with this kind of surveillance. actual members of congress beg to differ. and you can tell because of the furious pace of briefings that have now been taking place after the fact. last thursday, just after the story broke, intelligence officials briefed 27 senators on just the telephone portion of the surveillance program. later this week, all 100 members of the senate w...

As the aclu filed the first lawsuit tuesday to challenge the constitutionality of these surveillance programs. technology comes like google, facebook and microsoft are asking the government officials to lift the long-standing gag orders that cover the extent of their participation in the programs. joining me now, senator cardin. good morning to you. >> pleasure to be with you, thank you. >> let me start with ron wydens critique there. talking specifically about the fact that he tried to have ove...

Are able to prevent us from following them. thats not a trivial concern. its obvious that were now in the season of debate about what kind of surveillance programs are appropriate. polls show that the public supports by a fairly substantial majority this kind of surveillance if its judged necessary against terrorism. president obama came out with a defense of it. were going to have debate, im sure. its astounding that this young man was tiebl throw into the public domain the most precious secret...