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John brennan, the guy they got caught spying. james clapper who lied under oath when we had a meta data collection program. >> you believe the men are incredible. >> it's one thing for you to do it. i'll give you that. that's the role of a rrogate. when the president does the same thing, roger, it doesn't give you a little t of pause tha attacks the entire fbi, the justice department? it's all deep state? >> not at all. not at all. what's the purpose of this? >> truth is the point. >> we have not found any evidence of a crime. >> we don't know that. the investigation is not over. 23 people hav...

Constitution. our chief washington correspondent and host of the league, jake tapper, is here to tell us more. good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning. senator rand paul of kentucky, a republican who is thought to be seriously entertaining hopes of running for president in 202016. he will be there with the former attorney from virginia who lost a governor's race. he will file a class action lawsuit against the obama administration, including the director of the national security agency, general alexander asking them to halt the meta data collection program. he is doing this on behalf of ...

>> reporter: i think the headline recommendation is the word accountability. that's what a panel member said to me, to the congress, white house and american public and you can see that reflected in the 46 recommendations the panel made. for instance, they want congress to pass legislation to move all that meta data, the phone records from the nsa's possession back to the phone company so it's in pry vinlt hands, not government hands. for instance, the white house, they want white house approval, presidential approval whenever the nsa is listening to phone conversations of foreign leaders like...

Chancellor, angela merkel. and in terms of the public, a whole range of things, one of them being a civilian leader, not a military. things like that to appeal to everyone saying there is better accountability and transparency here. you know what, anderson? they did not recommend ending this meta data collection program. they want to keep it in place, the members of the panel say there is still a national security interest in doing that. >> and the obama administration is not legally bound to do any of this. >> the president looks at this and goes forward, the administration official says he i...

Made. they want congress to pass legislation to move all the meta data, all the phone records, from the nsa's possession back to the phone company so it is in private hands, not in government hands, so for instance, the white house, they want to have presidential approval whenever the nsa is listening to the phone conversations of foreign leaders, like the german chancellor, angela merkel. you remember all of the outrage that caused in germany when that ka discovered. and in terms of the public, a whole range of things, one of them being a civilian leader, not a military leader. they think tha...