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Every -- how long is that phone call? who are you calling? maybe even the location information associated with the phone call. that's a lot of data. it's not just about suspected terrorists, it's about everybody. >> let me ask you about a statement that's come out tonight from an unnamed official because it's always an unnamed official. unnamed senior administration official telling reuters tonight the prism program that's been disclosed by the "washington post" and the guardian tonight, communications collection program referred to in "the guardian" and "washington post" stories does not allo...

Has been collected and what is collected and what is being done with it, to have a conclusion at the moment. here we get into the trust us syndrome. i'm glad to see the vice is a court is actually approving these programs and is overseeing them. all i can tell you, jon, there will be a one heck of a leak investigation into who gave the document describing the prism program, which is the internet gathering monitoring program, to glen walled at "the washington post." that was a very serious national security leak. now that it has occurred i think we need to know more about those programs. becaus...

We really would. but unfortunately for us, senator king just got on the intel committee. let's open the scope of it. senator, you're not off the hook yet baugh we blame people who have no responsibility for blaming them. think about this, though. if you watching this show placed a telephone call or sent an e-mail, chances are good the u.s. government knows about it. these newly revealed documents show national security agency monitored americans telephone and web data for years. it passed congress in the wake of 9/11 but expanded so much more than the original architects of that bill had plann...

Because of the class pi indicati classification and the secrecy. >> there's been critics within congress and one of them henry waxman who has raised these questions since 2006. thank you for your time. the president said you cannot have 100% security and have 100% privacy. in his words we're going to have to make some choices as a society. your reaction to that. >> he's right. we do have to make some choices. we have to achieve a balance. i question whether we achieved the right balance. these are the law. his actions are not in violation of the law. the question is whether the law allows an o...

Chats. it includes an effort to sweep up file transfers and log-in information. the so-called prism program collects records from the largest internet companies from microsoft, yahoo! google and facebook. they collect information from the three largest phone companies with hundreds of millions of phone customers. that data includes a record of the location, the number called, the time of the call and the length of the conversation. officials say the effort does not monitor the content of the e-mails or phone calls but looks for larger trends of communication. the obama administration's embrace...