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The fate of nsa leaker edward snowden is playing out now in the media, and it's a very polarizing issue pitting high profile republicans against one another. tea party favorite senator rand paul advocates a light prison sentence for snowden, even taking a swing at the director of national intelligence, james clapper, for telling congress the usa does not wittingly collect bulk information on americans. this comes as his fellow republican, congressman peter king, accuses paul of spreading lies about the nsa. take a listen. >> i think personally he probably would come home for some penalty of a ...

Although they haven't harmed us in terms of our intelligence gathering capacity. the fact that he had access tells you if you check all this bulk information, who knows what kind of people, not just the nsa professionals could get it. looking at what this done. of course, we have been spying on our allies as our allies have been spying on us. when you make that information public, it causes some severious problems. we have them with brazil. >> that actually is damaging trade. it's causing a number of other difficulties. a lot of it is embarrass him. >> that embarrassment has combens consequenc...

Witnessingly collect information on all americans. bulk information. after snowden released his information we found out that was simply not true. he apologized. but, none the less, knee but when he said it? >> some people say he never would have ever admitted to this and american would have never known had snowden's revelations never come forward. senator why den told him in advance he wasn't going to ask the question. it wasn't like he got hamstrung and got confused and gave the wrong answer, he was told in advance he would get the question. he chose to fly public testimony. but, see now it ...

Witnessingly collect information on all americans. bulk information. after snowden released his information we found out that was simply not true. he apologized. but, none the less, knee but when he said it? >> some people say he never would have ever admitted to this and american would have never known had snowden's revelations never come forward. senator why den told him in advance he wasn't going to ask the question. it wasn't like he got hamstrung and got confused and gave the wrong answer, he was told in advance he would get the question. he chose to fly public testimony. but, see now it ...

And since american cellphone data might be caught up the aclu is concerned. they told the post that quote one of the key components of location is private. the only way to hide is to disconnect from the modern system and live in a cave. they are trying to detect any connections with the phones of known terrorist. a lawyer for the national intelligence says quote there is no element of the intelligence community that is intentionally collecting bulk information about cell phones. the nsa doesn't know how many american cellphones have been