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Basically said he was trying to do to putin what senator widen had done to america's intelligence chief james clapper before all of the snowden documents came out. clapper was asked during a congressional hearing does the united states gather data on millions americans and clapper said no it the snowden documents proved that was not true. so snowden's question ran parallel to widen's. but putin's answer wasn't anything like clapper's. >> i ask you your reaction to this snowden question. how about the u.s. intelligence communities reaction? what do you know about that? >> i actually know a bit ...

Enforcement. and so it was, you know, some thought this was pretty risky for him to even think he could take on the russian president in this way. where would he go if russia decided you're no longer welcome here? >> are there any conceivable circumstances under which he'll be back in the united states? >> i think there are conceivable circumstances but they're unlikely. we've heard senior officials in the u.s. government say there were some would think that would be a good idea, to bring him back under some sort of immunity or some sort of agreement, just to get a handle on what he took, how ...

Future cyberattack on the grid is a very possibility. what is this solution for congress. are we looking at more legislation that would concern the power companies? >> well, that's really a good question. as with most things in washington, it's a lot easier to identify a problem than it is to proscribe a solution. it's really kind of unclear where this is going from here. the important thing is people are talking about it. after two pretty explosive articles in "the wall street journal" came out in february and march, this is now somewhat of a priority. but it is an election year. it's hard to...

That needs to take place. we've got a lot of assets on station. and, you know, really depending on how much effort they're going to put to the surface search versus the underwater search. >> greg, if bluefin-21 finds nothing, then what? >> that's a good question, alex. you know, they're going to have to re-evaluate. do they go back to where they were about a month ago and search that area? do they expand the current search area? i think a lot of it is going to have to do with what they see on the bottom of the ocean. if there is any kind of telltale sign from bluefin-21 that that is the area t...

The nation's power grid is coming under the spotlight of the u.s. senate. the committee on energy and natural resources called leaders to washington for a hearing on preventing cyber and physical attacks on the grid, as well as blackouts and power outages. joining me now, the technology reporter for the national journey. welcome. >> thank you, good to be here. >> i'm glad you're here. you remember last year we saw that attack on a substation in silicon valley. gunshots fired, they damaged equipment. how safe is the grid overall from physical attacks and from cyberattack? >> that's a good quest...