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>> it is my fear we are on the verge of becoming a surveillance state. >> i want to catch terrorists but what vaets them is the rule of law. >> we are trying to be transparent, protect civil liberties and the security of the country. >> we'll ask about the nsa surveillance programs. it's a "fox news sunday" exclusive. then the white house says it will arm the syrian rebels. after confirming bashar assad used chemical weapons. >> we have decided to take an additional step forward in providing increase eed assistance. >> simply providing weapons will not change the battlefield equation...

0 benghazi. i don't think the emails help them -- >> that's not a reason to classify it. that's not what you classify things that you think make you look bad. >> reporter: not all of it was classified. i asked the administration, who with the authority to declassify documents declassified these? was it the president himself? and the answer i got back from a senior intelligence official is that where necessary, cia did the necessary declassification of the documents. i think the white house's belt in releasing them tonight when they did was that -- that the contents of these documents might be ...

Drafted, reverends to al qaeda affiliates and terrorism, and said we do know that was the first assessment of the cia in the talking points we do know that islamic extremists participated, and then after 12 verses late there are no reverends to al qaeda no reverends to islamic extremism or terrorism. jay carney maintained the white house only made one stylistic change to change the word consulate diplomatic facility at the end of the process but the e-mails published by the weekly standard and abc news made clear the deputy national security adviser, ben rhoads, what an early player in the pro...

0 morning, said, we're going to draft these points. they drafted those points, and those points were delivered virtually unchanged with the exception of the one change i mentioned, to member office congress and the administration for use. >> acknowledge your initial -- was a mischaracterization that the white house was involved -- >> i think it's important to examine the information again that we provided congress months ago which they have chosen for political reasons to leak today, which is their prerogative, i suppose, but the fact is, the white house's involvement to the talking opinions g...

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