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Every -- how long is that phone call? who are you calling? maybe even the location information associated with the phone call. that's a lot of data. it's not just about suspected terrorists, it's about everybody. >> let me ask you about a statement that's come out tonight from an unnamed official because it's always an unnamed official. unnamed senior administration official telling reuters tonight the prism program that's been disclosed by the "washington post" and the guardian tonight, communications collection program referred to in "the guardian" and "washington post" stories does not allo...

A lot of internet traffic in syria and particularly vital as communications medium during the arab spring. of the companies named in these nsa documents published by "the post and "the guardian," five of the big names issued statements denying they participate in this program saying they do not provide the government direct access or some sort of secret back door to their servers. nevertheless, the nsa says they're in. both papers were apparently given access to what seems to be the same document or similar document. it appears to be a power point slide show used to train intelligence operativ...

Outside the united states this program is something people ought to care about. it's a program that results in the government building huge databases of americans' communications. >> deputy legal director of the aclu, i have a feeling we will be hearing from the aclu in some official capacity shortly. >> you might. >> i will not ask you to tip your hand. thank you for being here. much more to come including a best new thing in the world. man: how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good de...

Being surveilled by that agency. that amendment only got 43 votes and failed and tried another amendment that would have made the program transparent to the public. it got only 37 votes and failed. in 2009 when the patriot act was being re-authorized, russ feingold and dick durbin said people should not have their records seized by the government unless there was some tangential connection to terrorism. that amendment failed, too. back to 2005 senators tried and amendment that would have kept the nsa from seizing your phone records unless they had specific and arctic cuible facts showing the r...

Trying to get others concerned about it. mark udall writing to the attorney general last year warning if the secret court rulings were ever made public they would stun americans saying there is now a quote significant gap between what most americans think the law allows and what the government secretly claims the law allows. when the fisa court authorizing was up for another vote in december last year, those senators and others supported an amendment that would have forced the security administration to reveal how many americans are being surveilled by that agency. that amendment only got 43 v...