authority to wire tap anyone. >> reporter: jim lewis says no way. >> the more it sounds like hollywood the less likely it is to be true. the idea that you can sit at your desk and say i want to wire tap that is silly. >> reporter: not surprisingly the nsa says, quote, the impplication that the collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is false. in the latest what we are waiting for, wiki leaks has posted a tweet saying edward snowden later today will make what it calls an important statement about the verdict in the bradley manning case. the nsa insists that there are checks and balances, that no analyst can go through the database and look at whatever they want. >> you know how it is, barbara, when people find out you can