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Metadata has not contributed significantly to the prevention of terrorist attacks in the united states or abroad. the panel delivers the 300-page report and 46 recommendations to the president. >> the message the nsa is now coming from every branch of government from every corner of our nation. nsa, you have gone too far. >> reporter: white house said president obama was studying the recommendations. over the summer, he defended the nsa phone record collection program as a key to preventing terr...

Snowden, a hand-picked white house panel said it has not prevented any terrorist attacks and needs to be reined in. glen greenwald and jeff toobin face off next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] own your obsession with the exceptional values during the season of audi. visit audioffers.com today. ♪

Exactly which they denied doing. and ever since the scandal began, the nsas program has been the same, the urgency to stop terrorist attacks, and three who had access to the data said there is no evidence it stops terrorism. the federal judge three days ago said the same thing that there is no evidence that the nsa can point to that it stops terrorism. and then have you the white house panel, which says essentially the same thing that the nsa cannot be believed when they go to the american publi...

Follow me at anderson cooper. breaking news, a diplomats wounded dignity. the u.s. attorneys office is responding, does her detention and strip search expose a double standard. they are freaking out about it in her home country, would we freak out if another country did the same thing to an american envoy. a hand picked panel has not prevented all the nsa collection of mega data has not prevented any terrorist attacks and needs to be rained in. glenn greenwald and jeffrey toobin face off, ah...

>> we think the so-called metadata has not contributed significantly to the prevention of terrorist attacks in the united states or abroad. the panel delivers the 300-page report and 46 recommendations to the president. >> the message the nsa is now coming from every branch of government from every corner of our nation. nsa, you have gone too far. >> reporter: white house said president obama was studying the recommendations. over the summer, he defended the nsa phone record collection program a...

Dangerous threat to core liberties. also there is no evidence that it plays an important role in stopping terrorist attacks. >> jeff, again, as glenn said coming on the heels of the court ruling being unconstitutional, what do you make of it? >> well, i think i find myself in uncharacteristic agreement with glenn, by and large, although there is an important aspect that i just dont really understand. what they suggest is moving the meta data away from the nsa to the private sector. now, do we tr...

>> well, it is an unjust sentence then. >> it is unjust when you put it side by side with the other kid. but does that mean were going to go back and throw this kid under the train strak? and if you say who cares, i understand that, then give him the death penalty. >> let us know what you think, follow me on twitter, tweet us using #ac360. and the diplomats wounded dignity, does her detention and strip search expose a double standard? theyre freaking out over it in the embassy, the question is...

Of americans, lied to the senate which is a felony and said no. then our report said they were doing exactly that which they denied doing. then ever since the scandal began, the nsas position has been the same. it is urge end that we do these things to stop terrorist attacks. and a month ago, three democrats on the senate intelligence anytime committee who have access to all the data said theres no evidence this program stops terrorism. the judge, the federal judge three days ago said the same t...

Joint leadership, the joint command of keith the head of the nsa. the president has said he wont do that one. >> investigative journalist glen greenwald broke the story, published it so far. he joins me tonight along with senior cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin. glen, what do you make of these recommendations? >> its extremely important especially in the wake of the federal court ruling earlier this week that found that the bulk collection program is unconstitutional or likely. so now you have a...

Program stopped and thwarted terrorist attacks both here and in europe. >> reporter: to 42 -- >> 42 of those 54 were terrorist plots. >> reporter: to 13 plots or cases involving americans. >> would you agree that the 54 cases that keep getting cited by the administration were not all plots and of the 54, only 13 had some nexus to the u.s.? would you agree with that, yes or no? >> yes. >> reporter: today, senator patrick leahy, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, told me the administratio...