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Suggests the nsa collection program was not essential to collecting the data. >> they are talking about preventing an attack if it's imminent if the only shot that counts is the shot of the buzzer, there were a lot of shots before that. they found they did prevent attack and they were useful in investigating groups that were intent on making attacks. gregg: i know you saw the "wall street journal," the front page. a 30-year veteran. he said the agency is absolutely drowning in this metadata. he calls it useless data which harms their ability. let many put it up on the screen. what they are doi...

And after weeks of staying out of the spotlight, edward snowden suddenly re-emerges. british television aired his christmas message as abc's pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: edward snowden, the whistle-blower, has emerged from the shadows for a victory lap. >> hi, and merry christmas. >> reporter: in this holiday message recorded for great britain's channel 4, snowden is resolute -- leaking nsa secrets was the right thing to do. >> because privacy matters. privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. >> reporter: in fact, snowden was confident enough to tell the ...

Rising serious questions about the scope. secret court documents unclassified showing the nsa was rebuked in 2011 for collecting thousands of e-mails that had no ties to suspected terrorism calling into question why the nsa would ever be gathering that info. kathryn harris with answers. hi. >> reporter: these newly classified documents shown two years ago the fisa court determined the nsa collection program violated existing statutes and constitutional protections. in one opinion, judge john d. bates wrote for the first time the government advised the court the volume and information the nsa i...

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