Warrantsless Wire Tapping Program News Today

>> shepard: theres chris wallace. chairman rogers of the committee, asking the deputy do you have the ability to listen to our phone calls and read our e-mails, and he said, no, we do not have the authority. i dont understand how it is they keep getting to not answer questions and why theyre -- >> in terms of the program, may be other programs but in terms of the phone program, theyre only picking up phone records. theyd have to go bask and get -- >> shepard: that wasnt the question. >> from in ...

Molly is in washington. what else did the president say? reporter: today the president cited combys extraordinary experience and fierce nbc has -- fierce independence, and part of of that nbc may be combys efforts when he was then deputy attorney general to push back against the warrantsless wire tapping program and terrorist interrogation techniques. the president did not mention either of those instances specifically today, but here is what he said. >> key moment when its mattered most, he joi...

Pentagon. were learning more about some new reports -- from some new reports in "guardian" and the "washington post." >> they district the assurances that the nsa goes to great lengths to only target foreigners and guard americans privacy. >> the new leaks leave no doubt -- should not have been any doubt before -- that the nsa is allowed to pick up americans international communications. for the past few weeks government officials have been trying to defend the program by saying theyre not liste...

Program even though so much of the information is blacked out. >> i think the fact theyre heavily -- the fbi documents are heavily redacted is incredibly significant and shows this culture of secrecy, in the d. >> the documents reveal the fbi is using a drone call the puma ae. yousee it there. and while refer foxs specific questions to the fbi, the california manufacturer says its highly portable, compact, and carries a color and a thermal video camera to send live surveillance data to its opera...