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Without requiring the government to obtain all of that data. >> congressman, isnt it true that the phone companies have resisted that for -- because it is bad pr, it is bad sort of -- it is expensive. they dont want the legal liability associated potentially with it. how do you get the phone companies to do the record keeping? >> well, i think the phone companies have a mixture of emotions on this. on one hand you are absolutely right. they would rather say weve got a court order and we just gav...

Significant terrorist plot. thats when the underwear bomber abdulmutallab tried to bring down a jet over detroit. any kind of change in security in detroit could have a domino effect. >> obviously with an impact on local police, local emergency services, there have to be plans in place to pick up the slack that might involve the governor national guard. it might involve more federal assistance. you you dont want to lose sight of that very important priority. >> we asked secretary chertoff who he...

And other programs that may exist? >> no, and this is such an important point. lets say the u.s. government collects everybodys phone records and taps into everybodys internet chats. they then say, when it turns out they get caught doing that, we detect a terrorist plot as a result of this program, no, that isnt correct. they ended up detecting terrorist plots because they specifically listened in on the phone conversations or e-mail communications of specific people about whom there was evidenc...

Are certain countries in which the u.s. congress has declared a war. the authorized use of military force in places like afghanistan, and hes not interested in exposing secrets of what is being done against those countries. he instead is wanting to inform the citizenry, not just around the united states but around the world, that the nsa is targeting everybody, and trying to erode privacy for all of us. >> the heads of the intelligence committees have said it proves dozens of terror plots have b...

Force in places like afghanistan, and hes not interested in exposing secrets of what is being done against those countries. he instead is wanting to inform the citizenry, not just around the united states but around the world, that the nsa is targeting everybody, and trying to erode privacy for all of us. >> the heads of the intelligence committees have said it proves dozens of terror plots have been foiled because of these programs. if that happens, would it justify the existence of prism and o...

Detect a terrorist plot as a result of this program, no, that isnt correct. they ended up detecting terrorist plots because they specifically listened in on the phone conversations or e-mail communications of specific people about whom there was evidence to believe they were engaged in terrorism. what the u.s. government always did in the past, when they battled the soviets, engaged in the cold war, it was a very targeted surveillance, it was only against people for whom there was really evidenc...

Magic bullet. there is systemic failures that allowed this to happen. >> does the nsa have to prove that this program that collects phone number and information from the internet, does it have to prove that this in larger part than the other things you mentioned can prevent terrorists? >> yeah, well hear from general alexandre and hopefully hell lay out more details than specific plots that were averted. he mentioned -- as a successful interruption of a terrorist plot. he also mentioned david he...

Meta data program, were established under the court under president bush in 2006 and 2008. and although candidate obama had problems with it, president-elect obama was briefed on it and embraced them as they existed when he came to office. >> general, one of the things that i think has been written about from both the left and the right -- peggy noonan wrote about it this weekend -- is that there is a lack of confidence in the government, which has evolved over a variety of administrations. so, ...

Established under the court under president bush in 2006 and 2008. and although candidate obama had problems with it, president-elect obama was briefed on it and embraced them as they existed when he came to office. >> general, one of the things that i think has been written about from both the left and the right -- peggy noonan wrote about it this weekend -- is that there is a lack of confidence in the government, which has evolved over a variety of administrations. so, when you say trust me, t...

Happened, but then the aftermath with at least one of the attackers just standing there almost asking to be caught and wanting to put about as much publicity as possible. i spoke to the former head of counterterrorism at mi-6. he is richard barrett and he also played a key role in the u.n.s taliban al qaeda mission trying to combat that. this is what he told me about whats going on. >> most of the things that have been uncovered by the security services in england have been pretty mickey mouse, ...