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Then-senator obama did back surveillance under the amendments. ive been critical of it, to be accurate. but he has supported it and been consistent in the notion that we should have much greater domestic surveillance. >> i think the issue is a lot of people who supported obama were not aware of the details. maybe didnt buy the rhetoric if they were aware of the details. >> well, michael, we also know that preventing terrorist attacks and trying to gather intelligence to do just that has proven t...

Dozens? >> for both here and abroad, in disrupting or contributing to the disruption of terrorist attacks. >> out of those millions, dozens have been critical. >> thats correct. >> reporter: okay. so this morning in a statement from senators wyden and udall, they are challenging that statement. quote: >> r eporter: and fox news has asked the nsa as well as alexanders boss, the office of the director of national intelligence -- thats the nations intelligence chief -- to get more specific with us....

Effective in thwarting terrorist attacks. there are persistent questions on whether programs or whether the nsa programs confirmed leads generated by foreign intelligence services. after alexander testified thursday democratic senators early critics of the nsa program responded we have not yet seen evidence showing that the drag net collection of american phone records has produced any uniquely valuable intelligence. all of the plots mentioned appear to have been identified using other methods...

Premieres sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. as we go to break, live pictures. as we promised, top of the hour. we are watching this senate appropriations hearing under way. specifically youre looking at the director of national security agency, in which has really been in the midst of this mega, mega story weve been following as has been leaked that they have been surveilling americans, specifically verizon phone calls in the u.s. and surveilling internet among foreigners overseas. we kne...

This. according to the chief of the nsa it has thwarted dozens of terrorist attacks. is that it? does the end justify the means? >> we have to be skeptical until we see the evidence as to the success rate of the data. i know for a fact that in the past intelligence officials claim certain plots were thwarted and it turns out that wasnt entirely correct. lets see the fact there. we know of two or three very high profile plots including the boston marathon plot and the attempted underwear bombing ...

Data as we call it, which includes phone numbers, et cetera. when you look at the polls, they get it. they also understand theres a reason to do it. and they think its rational given the fact that you -- you know, that you want to fight the terrorists. but at a certain point there are members of congress like senator dianne feinstein who chairs the senate intelligence committee who are saying to the administration, you know what? we may need to do a little bit more explaining about why this is s...

Woolsey and rudy guiliani have a hard time imagining. >> gretchen: graham was involved in creating the program and he says we need to keep it intact, but it does need checks and balances. >> no one can listen into your phone calls or mine without a warrant being issued by a federal judge. they have to show the judge that the terrorists that were following has made a phone call to your number before we can monitor content. the people who have abscess to this program -- access to this program are ...

You know, the tax collecting agency of this same government is subbing people in groups to extra scrutiny and these groups just happen to be the political opposites of the president, it leaves me wondering whether i want that government nothing a lot about what government knowing about what i think and where i go. >> i think you put your finger on the heart of it. we are a free country, we obviously want to be free from terrorism but we also believe in freedom in our own personal freedoms. it is...

Whats your take? >> is im on the other side. ray kelly and i have to be right every day. terrorists only have to be right once. yes, we have to follow the law, and were very conscious of that, and we check every single thing that we do to make sure its compliant with the law, but this is a dangerous world, and i think boston showed you that. 9/11 showed you that. terrorist attacks are occurring all over the world all the time. bad guys dont play by the queensbury rules. we have that requirement....

Abstract, okay, yeah, sure, but we needed transparency. heres the bennett. you decide. we have no ability to decide. were reduced to talking in abstracts. >> it might be that you missed the needle because its covered with the giant haystack. >> you need the haystack to find the needle. >> theres so much information that they might not be able to analyze it all and they miss something. >> to curts point, senator feinstein said and congressman rogers, this has thwarted terrorist attacks so why not...