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In other words, it's not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programs. the american people need to have confidence in them as well. >> this is a terrible failure of leadership. this is the nsa version of the obama apology tour. this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful and yet the president is allowing edward snowden the traitor to pull the puppet strings. he's been indicted for espionage and the president somehow feels he has to cater to him. >> we're back with van jones and s.e. cupp the cohosts of "crossfire" here on cnn. those are strong words from pete...

Let's listen. >> so at my direction the department of justice will make public the legal rationale for the government's collection activities under section 215 of the patriot act. >> so congressman king, i should tell you your office has already sent out a statement really condemning the president's comments on the nsa. elaborate. what was wrong with what the president said? >> this is a terrible failure of leadership. this is the nsa version of the obama apology talk. this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful. yesterday the president is allowing edward snowden to pull the p...

The press to discredit dr. king, and j. edgar hoover sent robert kennedy a warning, communists were pulling dr. king's puppet strings. two top advisors, including lawyer stanley levison, had been party members, they cut ties working with king. >> the bureau never came up with one iota of indication that levison or anyone else was actively working some communist line or communist influence. >> congressman john lewis, a longtime democratic power in the house, was an important young leader in king's inner circle. >> j. edgar hoover never understood, and others around him, that when you've been di...

Obsessed with a red menace. >> police attend meetings to discuss neutralization of king. to develop evidence of king's dependence on communists. >> they leaked the details to the press to discredit dr. king, and j. edgar hoover sent robert kennedy a warning, communists were pulling dr. king's puppet strings. two top advisors, including lawyer stanley levison, were communist party members. they cut ties working with king. >> the bureau never came up with one iota of indication that levison or anyone else was actively working some communist line or communist influence. >> congressman john lewis,...

Circle was very much aware that the government was spying on them. >> we saw the fbi. they were not very subtle. i mean, they all dressed alike with little skinny ties and crew cuts, for the most part. >> pulitzer pride winner, david garrow, who teaches at cambridge university in england, discovered thousands of memos while writing his book "the fbi and martin luther king." >> martin luther king jr. is knowingly, willingly and regularly cooperating with and taking guidance from communists. >> the memos show an fbi obsessed with a red menace. >> police attend meetings to discuss neutralization ...