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Targets communications could easily be flowing into and through the u.s. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity of the documents. several of the companies reportedly cooperating with the government issued denials of involvement. this follows the stunning news that a secret federal court order directed verizon to hand over phone records of millions of americans. former intelligence officials and privacy advocates say, it's reasonable to presume other telephone companies got similar orders. >> if this is an open-ended and indiscriminate collection process as it seems to be, then logically one wo...

Over phone records of millions of americans. former intelligence officials and privacy advocates say, it's reasonable to presume other telephone companies got similar orders. >> if this is an open-ended and indiscriminate collection process as it seems to be, then logically one would expect it to be much bigger than verizon business. >> reporter: and it all leaves the administration needing to explain this exchange in march. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> n wittingly. >> reporter: that verizon pro...

Will tell you having worked at nsa and associated agencies for quite some time there are a lot of controls in place for this kind of information. and if the controls are followed, if the rules are followed then there should not be that much of a problem with it. but, you have to be very careful and you have to be very careful that the rules not only stay the same, or are improved from a civil liberties standpoint, but that they also are followed to a tee by everybody involved in the collection process. bill: to give us a sense of the information they are gathering, what is it? is it your name,...

That's much better than the political polls we see, but at the same time 60,000 households compared to how many people are actually employed or unemployed in this country? >> it also begs the question, you know, are you doing anything to earn money, are you working, would you like to be working more? we know how polls are. >> and on the other one, the payroll report that's basically, based on companies sending in survey data and sometimes the person sending it in doesn't get to it, and that's why they have two revisions to it. you know, i think, you know, they can get these statistical anomali...

Is $2400. get this, if you pay cash, and don't use the insurance at all, "l.a. times" reports that same scan would cost you but $250. claudia cowan with the news in our bay area newsroom. that doesn't make any sense. what's driving this? >> well, shepard, hospitals spend hundreds of thousands of dollars going after patients who have not paid their bills so now, to get their money faster, many are offering these discounts to those who pay their bills early or bypass their insurance company all together. just north of san francisco, patients with insurance who settle up promptly, they can get 25...