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Even if you’ve done nothing wrong, the government may be tricking your cellphone into divulging your movements, while seeing who you’ve texted and called. Since 1995, local and state governments, as well as federal agencies, have been using “cell site simulators,” commonly known by the genericized brand name “stingrays.” These portable devices collect data from the cellphones of anyone who happens to walk into range of its signals. Stingrays work by mimicking cellphone towers, sending signals to trick phones in a targeted area into transmitting the locations and identifying inform...

We hear after an event like what happened in san bernardino is suspect. we heard originally, oh, he was normal guy he met the woman and wife radicalized him. that now not seems to be case. people talk about how did we miss this? more most likely we miss i had it because we can't always find it. it's, that is not saying, if there are, if there were red flags -- harris: during the time of all the metadata. >> that is exactly right. you could argue maybe the bulk data collection maybe it was hard to find the needle in the haystack. harris: maybe. >> i don't know that. if there were red flags we s...

Joining me now is former deputy director and air force colonel cedrick lateen. also is former director of national cyber security center. when you look at this, you want to be very clear here. what we know is that this program changed four days before this attack and now what is legally allowed is two years of bulk data collection, not five. it's also critical because the wife just came to the united states two years ago. does that make a critical difference in what investigators can gather here, the two versus five years? >> usually most of the things that you see are going to be that immedia...

Investigation? >> i don't think bulk data collection was an enormous factor because generally that deals with overseas calls to the united states. but what bulk data collection did was make the process more efficient so there were no silver bullets there but when you do have really tapped out resources to cover so many investigations it can help you move through and discard some faster. so in that regard it may have played not a major role but some supportive role. >> michael leiter, pete williams, thank you both. in what may be a preview of what the president will say tonight, president oba...

Airmen, our marines' lives are at stake when we do this. >> chairman burr, thank you. thanks for your time on this holiday weekend. >> thank you. up next our sunday group joins the conversation on the increased terror threats just as the government bulk data collection of american phone records runs out. plus what would you like to ask the panel about keeping the homeland safe? just go to facebook or twitter @foxnewssunday and we may use your questions on the air.