jenna: that's just a snip pet of the hearing. steve, what is the general tone of the hearing? >> well, as you heard this widespread opposition to the surveillance program and members of the house judiciary committee have different reasons for opposing it. at issue, the secret data gathering by the national security agency uncovered by former n.s.a. technology expert and now leaker, edward snowden. congress has called on the carpet officials from the n.s.a., the department of justice and the office of the director of national intelligence. the committee wants to find out whether the domestic spying was a violation of citizens' rights or an abuse of the government's legal authority. the committee chairman of virginia wondered why the government wanted to keep the program secret. >> do you think a program of this magnitude gathering information involving a large number of people involved with telephone companies and so on could be indefinitely kept secret from the american people?
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