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One of the key talking points from defenders of the NSA surveillance program is that they had to implement it after the 9/11 Commission revealed "holes" in information gathering that resulted in 9/11. This is a misstatement of what that report actually indicated -- in that it showed that more than enough data had actually…
At its core, the Amash amendment is probably unwise and possibly unconstitutional.
Joining me now ohio congressman jim jordan. great to see you, thank you so much for coming out. i know it's been a busy one. you just voted. how did you vote? >> i voted against reauthorizing it because of what you just described. the idea that you can actually look at american content and material without a warrant is not how the fourth amendment is supposed to operate. if you are going to query anything, if you are going to search anything, you are supposed to get a probable cause warrant. that's why i wish the amash amendment would have passed. it didn't. therefore i was one of those member...
But no one should misinterpret that vote. that was on the amash amendment. i have serious concerns about what's going on at the nsa. i think obviously we need more oversight, as senator mccain said. but i think we need to change the underlying patriot act and the fisa amendments of 2008. i voted against the reauthorization of the so-called patriot act because i believed it was too loosely written, there was room for abuse. so i think we need to undertake lots of reforms. the amendment, i don't think, did the trick, frankly. i think there are much more important things we need to be doing. >> s...
Facing, you know, this amendment through an appropriations fight, meaning a funding fight, rather than being able to create a new program that protects our liberties. >> these become a little bit -- a little more symbolic sometimes than the actual law itself. jared paulless, democrat, from colorado, one of the five bipartisan co-sponsors of the bill, thank you very much. let's go to the other side of this debate. the senate intelligence leaders. they released a joint statement condemning the amash amendment calling the idea to fund the surveillance program, quote, unwise. senator chambliss joi...