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Foreigners? whats the harm? >> yeah. my concern is this is vast. it hasnt been proven that it works. uniquely valuable intelligence hasnt been proven to disrupted plots. and finally, its only another step to take ta computer data involving human beings and taking a further look at it. its the scale of this that really concerns me and the fact that the american public doesnt know about it. the american public decides this is okay, then thats where we can be. but right now its been basically a sec...

Security we provide. i came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs, but my assessment and my teams assessment was that they help us prevent terrorist attacks. >> the oval office is really different than the campaign trail. >> you campaign in poetry, you govern in pose. >> especially in times. isnt this a problem for the president, or do you think -- everyone understands. clearly he had problems with and -- warrantless wiretaps of the bush strags but this is a huge amount of informatio...

Uniquely valuable intelligence hasnt been proven to disrupted plots. and finally, its only another step to take ta computer data involving human beings and taking a further look at it. its the scale of this that really concerns me and the fact that the american public doesnt know about it. the american public decides this is okay, then thats where we can be. but right now its been basically a secret program, the law hasnt been shared in the way its being applied. thats what ive been pushing for ...

Are they saying about the secret surveillance program? >> there are two camps. many think the government overstepped its bounds and they include both republicans and democrats. >> were not talking about going after a terrorist. im all for that. get a warrant, go after a terrorist or a murderer or rapist but dont troll through a billion phone records every day. it invades our privacy. >> terrorism remains a real threat but i think we have the bill of rights. fourth amendment prevents unlawful sea...

Rogers, of the house -- chairman of the house intelligence committee, who has made the point that he believes this is necessary for national security, pointing out that it has prevented at least two terrorist attacks. but we should say its not, of course, all republicans. rand paul sees it very differently. he says this is a clear indication of government overreach. he would like more transparency. take a listen to more of what mike rogers and rand paul had to say earlier on the sunday morning s...

Monitor conversations. members of congress are rutonely briefed. another prominent republican, senator john mccain, says the surveillance can definitely help prevent terrorist attacks. >> perhaps there has been some overreach, but to somehow think that because we are having phone calls recorded as far as their length and who they were talking to -- i dont think that that is necessarily wrong if they want to go further and they have to go to this court. >> reporter: president obama has said the s...

Illustrates this. this was one time that the predictable party lines didnt really hold up. first of all, heres people sort of supportive of the news this week of what the president has been doing. >> im a verizon customer. it doesnt bother me one bit for national security administration to have my phone number. because what they are trying to do is find out what terrorist groups we know about and individuals and who they are calling. >> i think the public wants us to keep this country safe, to p...

Misleading the american public. i think it is appalling. neither one of them should be to their opinion. i dont have the possibility of stopping ambassador rice. miss nuland we are going to look at. she was hillary clintons spokesman who says she had nothing to do with the talking points, even though her spokesman was rewriting them all night long to get out any reference to terrorism. i have no idea why they had this massive misdirection campaign when everybody thought it was a terrorist attack...

Chairman of the house intelligence committee, who said these types of surveillance programs have prevented terrorist attacks, two that we know about. and he made the point that they are absolutely necessary. heres a little bit more of what mark udall and mike rogers had to say on abc this morning. take a listen. >> when you make calls, where you make calls to, who youre talking to, i think thats private information. i think if the governments gathering that, the american people ought to know it....

But while going after foreign targets it did routinely collect a great deal of american content as well. a revelation about this new program comes a day after "the guardian" broke the news that the nsa was collecting telephone information on domestic and international calls. today the president addressed criticism about these programs. he said that he came into office with a healthy skepticism about them. but after evaluating their effectiveness, he was convinced they were necessary. >> my asses...