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Not demonstrated sufficient effectiveness to continue in operation on a permanent basis. >> i do not believe that the program poses the same types of risks to privacy as does the majority and would not shut down the program for either legal or policy reasons. >> responding to the report the white house spokesman said the administration could not disagree more, but during a series of questions carney could not point to a specific plot where the phone records provided the primary lead. >> theres n...

Listen? yes or no. even with suspicion, if youre an american citizen. >>steve: it sound like from snowden what he has said so far and what he has written, yes they can. thats one of the thing the government doesnt want us to know. >>eric: they need a court order. >>steve: legally. the big question is do you trust the government? there are so many people who say if the i.r.s. targeted conservatives, whats to stop the n.s.a. from doing the same? trust us, thats not happening. then you hear snowden...

Desk as an nsa contractor could do that on his own. and snowden tried to explain that a little bit in his web chat. im not sure he was quite able to. in fact, if you read closely, the answer he gave in that web chat in "the guardian" sounds a bit that he may have been exaggerating what he could do on his own. >> really quickly, were running out of time -- you mentioned the web chat. if this guys out there conducting web chats, how active is this man hunt for him? >> i think it is pretty active b...

Obama, which is problematic, is it robs him with much moral authority in talking about this. >> reporter: snowdens leaks about hacking china undercut the president when he met with president xi lately. u.s. officials said no one should be surprised. we reported on nightly news 18 years ago that the clinton white house spied on leaders in miami in 1994. snowden has claimed extraordinary access to personal data. former officials say hes exaggerating. >> snowden is wrong. he could not possibly have...

Is a scandal in terms of the torrent of leaks. threats now on his web chat for more leaks. the damage assessment im told is escalating in terms of how much he hes had access to. this was the president with charlie rose on pbs, kind of complaining, why does my base think that im the next dick cheney? watch. >> some people say, well, obama was this raving liberal before, now hes dick cheney. dick cheney sometimes says, yeah, he took it all lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not tha...

Afterwards. now judging by the tone of the bilateral meeting -- at least the read-out of the meeting that putin had with david cameron in london yesterday, whether it came to the issue of syria, it would be surprising if somehow they came out with some break-through about what to do next. as you know, the united states position is try to convince putin that it is in his best interests to essentially push assad out and help keep assads regime at the negotiating table. it is a tricky deal for the ...

Cases as they put it. nor would they say how long it would take if he had registered to determine whether he had a case. now this is just one of the options open to him and this is separate from going to the hong kong government and appealing for asylum. so we have no confirmation at this point but is clearly something that would be a first step for him, and in some respects quite a logical one. >> ian, i know youve been tracking "the guardian" web chat hes been doing today. in response to one q...

>> this time there will be change. or there will be chaos. >> reporter: anonymous is a loosely affiliated network of hackers spread across the globe. during the hack of the fed, anonymous stole the login credentials of some 4,000 bankers from across the country, allowing the group to potentially disrupt a key emergency communication system. >> citizens of the world, we have seen the erosion of due process, the dilution of constitutional rights. >> reporter: greg house, a former member of anonymo...

Providing arms and ensure as best we can that they are committed to an inclusive democratic syria. thats what we need. thats what we need to do. >> steve hadley, always a pleasure to see you. thank you very much. >> nice to be here. thanks much. up next, cyberwars. how do we keep america safe? and have a question you want me to answer? join me wednesdays at 1:00 eastern during the olympics when we are not broadcasting, we will be on the web for a live web chat. [ male announcer ] this is she...

Bedfellows. >> indeed. thank you to you. thank you so much for today and every day and well be talking more with you tomorrow. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." join me for a live web chat today at msnbc.com. and today on the show, jose rodriguez talks about his controversial book on enhanced interrogation techniques that were used after 9/11. my colleague, tamron hall has a look at whats next on "news nation." >> looking forward to seeing that interview tomorrow with j...