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Shows nsa violated privacy rules thousands of times. the n sa says they are mistakes and minuscule if you look at the information that it collects. some lawmakers are calling for a closer look at the issue. jennifer griffin has the latest revelation. jennifer? >> the may 2012 internal nsa audit shows thousands of privacy violations in one year alone. in some cases the nsa was monitoring the phone records of residents of washington, d.c. whose area code 202 is similar to that of egypt. nsa compliance director john delong says the violations were not willful or malicious and represented as you p...

Seconds before impact. the u.p.s. cargo jet crashed near a runway in birmingham on wednesday and two pilots on board were killed. now investigators are looking into whether pilot error was to blame, including if the jet was too low. some lawmakers renewing calls to reform the national security agency's surveillance programs, this after documents leaked by edward snowden suggest that the agency has repeatedly broken privacy rules. now, the nsa calls them mistakes. jennifer griffin in washington for us with details. >> heather, the may 2012 internal nsa audit showed thousands of privacy violat...

Alone, in some cases the nsa was monitoring the phone records of residents of washington, d.c., whose area code 202 is similar to that of egypt. nsa compliance director john delong says the violations were not willful or malicious and represented a, quote, minuscule percentage of nsa surveillance activity. during a rare conference call, he made these points. it was a rare conference call by the super secret spy agency on friday. nsa whistle-blower edward snowden provided newspapers the documents months ago. former house speaker nancy pelosi called the revelations extremely disturbing. democrat...

Computer read area code 202. that's washington, d.c. martin gellman broke the story. >> so it's an innocent mistake. it demonstrates however, the ease of which the nsa either by accidental or can pull in volumes of communications. >> mistakes reflect a tiny fraction of their operations but they say they take every mistake seriously. shepard? >> shepard: wendell goler from martha's vineyard tonight. more people think that the nsa surveillance program will hurt americans than it will help catch terrorists. we conducted a poll last month long before today's revelation. 47 percent said they though...