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Information is a critical tool in protecting the country from terrorist threats. many are now questioning why millions of innocent people are being tracked by government agencies. well, fred tecce is a forme form former federal prosecutor. i said millions of americans. to be precise it's 121 million americans, because that is the number of verizon customers in their last quarterly report. fred, it's not just who you were talking to, if you're a verizon customer, and i am, who i was talking to, but where i was, how long, when, the frequency of the telephone calls, whagsee your take on this? >> ...

Of circumstantial evidence that are very unnerving. >> thomas drake is a former nsa official said and i'll quote, it is a total fourth amendment search and seizure violation. he agrees completely with you. do we as americans -- and, again, i guess i'm including myself as a verizon customer, although that may change by the end of today. >> so am i. >> do we have any recourse? >> well, you know what, gregg you hit the nail on the head. typically your recourse under the fourth amend many is this judge made decision about suppression. in any criminal prosecution you can suppress evidence that was ...

She was not guilty. now i will say, they didn't say that she is innocent. what they said is, by their verdict, is that she, that prosecutor could not meet its burden of proof. which is a very high burden as it should be in any criminal case of beyond a reasonable doubt. they thought it was possible she may have been involved but that is not enough under our system of justice to convict some one of what they wanted to convict her of. uma: fred, your reaction to what she just said? >> that is a great argument in the casey anthony where there was no evidence to point to casey anthony. in this cas...

Know what? i actually am starting to feel afraid, arthur. >> right. jenna: she told her supervises this guy has written in the newspaper about how he likes to carry guns with him, and i feel like i can't walk around the school, he's so inappropriate. >> let's look at the totality of the circumstances. you're not talking about a 24-year-old hormone-crazed student. you're talking about a 57-year-old man who's married, i believe with children whose wife supports him in this whole thing. she knew about what was going on. he said it was a creative writing thing, and is it appropriate for her to be ...

>> that's -- jenna: so, fred, here's something to bring into the conversation though on your point. you think he doesn't have a case teachers, one in particular, wrote a poem fact sizing about -- fantasizing about killing a teacher. the case went to court, and the judge dismissed it, and the student did not have to be suspended because the judge deemed there was no interference, there was no substantial disruption to the school environment and, therefore, the suspension shouldn't stand. so -- >> well, but that's not the case here. this woman has already said she's afraid to walk the halls, she...