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Receiving an invitation for a senator to begin with. can't really add those pieces up yet. but what is chuck grassley saying? >> it sounds like envelopes got mixed up, but senator grassley said it was about him. this kind of thing fuels the deep concerns many people have about political targeting by the irs and by officials at the highest level. it's very troubling that a simple clerical mix-up could get a taxpayer immediately referred for an irs exam without any due diligence from agency officials. the irs told dierdre walsh that it can't comment on taxpayer matters but that it does have chec...

Is there anyone at the vast array of what you guys are doing that steps back and says, all right, our goal is to protect privacy and civil liberties and we are doing the very best we can, is there an internal control audit so to speak that looks that the entire system that says we have the waterfront covered and we are doing what we need to be doing? >> i'll start. there are the periodic reviews that i've described that audit everything that is done under both of these programs by both nsa and the department of justice, and the office of the director of national intelligence, and we report to ...

Continually briefed on how these are conducted, there are a whole range of safeguards involved and federal judges are overseeing the entire program throughout. we're also setting up -- we've also set up an audit process when i came into office to make sure that we're after the fact making absolutely certain that all the safeguards are being properly observed. now, having said all that, you'll remember when i made that speech a couple of weeks ago about the need for us to shift out of a perpetual mindset. i specifically said one of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are...

There are a whole range of safeguards involved, and federal judges are overseeing the entire program throughout. we're also setting up -- we've also set up an audit process when i came into office to make sure that we're after the fact making absolutely certain that all the safeguards are being properly observed. now, having said all that, you'll remember when i made that speech a couple of weeks ago about the need for us to shift out of a perpetual war mindset. i specifically said that one of the things that we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between...

Bipartisan majorities have approved them. congress is continually briefed on thousand hess are conducted. there are a whole range of safeguards involved and federal judges are overseeing the entire program throughout. we are also setting up, we've set up an audit process when i came into office to make sure that we're after the fact, making certain that all the safegads are being properly served. now having said all that. you'll remember when i made that speech a couple of weeks ago the need for us to ship out of a perpetual war mindset. i specifically said one of the things we're going to hav...