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Intelligence program reap? >> it does an enormous amount of good. it's stopping terrorist attacks in the united states. it is protecting the u.s. homeland. and frankly, there are no civil liberties concerns. i haven't seen anyone's civil liberties violated, no credible claims. i think that's because the programs have been carefully monitored by congress. >> has the administration -- maybe to some extent congress failed to really communicate to the american people the true nature of this program, no, we're not listening in on your telephone conversations, we are not reading literally your e-mai...

Records provision of the patriot act and that's something they have been worrying about and warning about. the answer is, when you read the law. the language of it says the government can collect "all tangible things relevant to an a investigation in these fields." but the data for all americans for their phone records, their numbers and length and duration of their calls and possibly the locations of those calls aren't related to an investigation. they precede an investigation. a really good point by the legal scholar ben wittis of the brookings institution who tends to be, deferential is, an...

Taken town some of what the government has asked for. very comprehensive meta data collection. they said search warrants and document subpoenas typically seek the records of a particular individual or corporation under investigation and cover particular time periods when the events under investigation occurred. the orders contain no such limits. they extend to every record that exists and indeed to records that do not yet exists. they said it violates federal law. one of your other con tenldtenders is on the other side of the issue with you. here is what he said. >> i said time and again i'm n...

Agree upon though is senator rand paul is the chief reason congress missed the deadline. supporters on both sides weighed in on consequences as well as pass ago a reform bill in the senate. >> from here on out, beginning this week t government will not collect your phone records in bulk. that's a huge victory. >> section 250 the controversial part of the law that deals with meta data collection has created a lot of problems. >> i think there's exaggeration on both sides. there's education referring to national security. there's education under the threat of privacy. >> we should have anticipat...

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