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Pentagon. we're learning more about some new reports -- from some new reports in "guardian" and the "washington post." >> they district the assurances that the nsa goes to great lengths to only target foreigners and guard americans' privacy. >> the new leaks leave no doubt -- should not have been any doubt before -- that the nsa is allowed to pick up americans' international communications. for the past few weeks government officials have been trying to defend the program by saying they're not listening to american phone calls and we now know for sure that is not true. >> the mandate given the...

We have team fox coverage. white house correspondent ed henry is live on the north lawn but we begin with national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, how would you describe these new leaked documents?. >> reporter: john, they certainly contradict the assurances from u.s. official that is the nsa goes to great lent only to. the nsa mandate is very broad from what we can see in the documents. for instance i it can keep e-mails and telephone calls of u.s. citizens and legal residents if they contain, quote, significant intelligence. what does that mean? the an...