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Edward snowden. >> and you don't like it? >> no, i don't like it. and it's ironic, of course, that officials from the president on down are saying of course we should have a national debate about security versus privacy and all this stuff. well, we couldn't have that debate unless he had leaked the stuff. they weren't ever going to tell us. >> so the ends justifies the means? >> look. the fact that we now know that there are secret courts developing a secret body of law interpreting the fourth amendment and we can't even know about it, we can't know what the opinions say? >> simon, you get thi...

What we think about him and, you know, is he a good guy, is he a bad guy, you know, i don't care about that. i do have strong opinions about what we've learned courtesy of edward snowden. >> and you don't like it? >> no, i don't like it. and it's ironic, of course, that officials from the president on down are saying of course we should have a national debate about security versus privacy and all this stuff. well, we couldn't have that debate unless he had leaked the stuff. they weren't ever going to tell us. >> so the ends justifies the means? that's a hard one. >> look. the fact that we now ...

Snowden left by taxi to a nearby secure location. he can now live and work in russia for up to a year while his application for permanent political -- i guess it's exile is pending. a recent "washington post"/abc poll shows three out of four americans believes the massive collection of phone call data by the nsa, national security agency, that snowden personally exposed intrudes on our privacy rights. you got it. 3/4 of don't like what they've been doing. while the white house and state department may consider snowden a criminal, even a traitor, he may have performed a public service for expos...

And the monarchy, you know, the british royal family, this is the purest form of celebrity. >> thank you so much. thanks for coming in. simon marks, thank you, sir. when we return, let me finish from what we heard today from anthony weiner, speaking from the sublime to the ridiculous. this is "hardball." the place for politics.

We're joined by the "washington post's" autumn brewington. thank you for joining us again. the choreography of this thing, the brits do this so well. even the new kids. >> they do. >> every time you see will, you see diana. >> yes. and he looks so much like her, but this was, you know, he practiced putting that car seat in. he practiced is he could do if in front of the press. >> it's not a natural thing. no, my son has a kid now, my daughter-in-law has a young baby. very politically correct to use the car seat. no royal prerogatives there. >> no driving off just holding -- >> simon marks, tha...