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Access to my phone conversations? do they still have access to my phone logs? what's your answer? >> here's the way it used to work. as you know, n.s.a. would get the data and lock it down and not access it except in very, very limited circumstances. now n.s.a. is going to leave the data with the phone?x(áuhnies but they still get to query the data through the phone companies in those limited circumstances. >> the government won't have it. private phone companies will have it and you'll have access to it if you can prove you need it, and the two hop rule still exists. let's fast forward to wh...

Democratic administration, fresh off a republican administration. will these changes be something you can accept? >> i can, brian. here's the trade-off. we're going to have a little less depth with the meta data n.s.a. is going to be able to query. it is not going to be kept for five years. for some phone companies it is only a year and a half or so. but in return for that we're going to get a lot moreç breadth. under the other system n.s.a. was getting a third or less of the meta data on phone calls here in the united states and from the united states and abroad. with this system it's almos...