information about so-called spying on americans, he leaked our technology playbook, and that really compromises us. what about what he says which is you can t prove there was any real damage done? look how does he know that is an obvious follow-up? i think both sides have some credibility problems. the administration has been evasive and has lied about its espionage tactics but on the other hand i would have more faith in snowden if he wasn t a guest of vladimir putin. younger people have a more favorable illinompression becau they re less worried about ou their data is used. there s an interesting juxtaposition. they re used to it. on the one hand we re used to the world being that way. the way young folks relate to snowden goes to this idea mill len yells, i ll take it into my own hands, i can do it. there s a part of snowden that represents more of a culture. newt, here is secretary hagel
commander in chief authority and it didn t go through congress and it didn t comply with the foreign intelligence surveillance act. congress remanded fisa in 2008 and we had a debate. i wish more people had listened in seven years later we had a debate. well, yeah, but four of them were in secret. we had a debate. we tried to amend it earlier, it took a while, congress doesn t move very fast, especially since newt left but can i just finish my thought. we should have had a better debate. labeling this guy a traitor before he s convicted i don t think is fair, but i think what he did was, one, he wasn t a whistle-blower, and, two, it s not just that he leaked information about so-called spying on americans, he leaked our technology playbook, and that really compromises us. what about what he says which is you can t prove there was any real damage done? look how does he know that is an obvious follow-up? i think both sides have some credibility problems. the administratio
putin in response to snowden s question denied russians are engaged in this massive kind of surveillance. it seemed certainly not incoincidental, snowden wanted for charges in the united states was allowed to ask the russian president a question. what did that say to you? it said to me snowden has asylum or whatever he has, temporary asylum in russia for a reason. he s a propaganda tool for russia. i believe we haven t proved it yet, the material he stole, 2 malaysian pieces of material a lot having to do with our technology playbook not just what nsa does against americans and that s carefully circumscribed. the material he has taken has been exploited by russia and they re helping to dribble it out. this is a really bad story. i am not sympathetic to this guy. i think if he truly is a whistle-blower he should come back to the united states and face trial. a lot of people are sympathetic. two newspapers just won pulitzer