Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170320:15:04:00
Under which courts grant permission for national security, it's a rigorous, rigorous process that involves all three branches of government and it's one we've lived with since the late 1970s. that's how it works. so no individual in the united states can direct electronic surveillance of anyone. it has to go through an application process, ask a judge. the judge can then make the order. >> so president obama could not union lat isra-- unilaterally o a wiretap of anyone? >> nobody could. >> mr. trump also tweeted that the application was turned down by a court. there was any request made by the...