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Short. opponents of the data collection process say that the fight for them is not over. >> it is really embarrassing for president obama who presented himself as a man who was going to come here and protect our civil liberties that he is pushing to collect the phone records of all americans without any suspicion. martha: interesting bedfellows on this vote in many ways. national correspondent steve centanni is live in washington. this vote really shook things up on the hill, didn't it. >> reporter: yeah it did, martha. it was a much closer vote than a lot of people would have look liked inclu...

Back to sent 10th and afterward we said wow, there is a seam, a gap, somebody leading up to the set of 11th attacks a terrorist overseas, called a terrorist living amongst us in the united states and we missed it because we didn't have this capability. >> reporter: this vote badly split the republicans and the democrats in the house, martha. >> really interesting, steve. thank you very much. >> reporter: you bet. bill: we'll watch for more fallout from that. stuart varney talking about the president out on the economy. he will be out on the road again. what a lot of people are calling an econo...

Taxpayers if all the radios are never found would be about $6 million. while there is no evidence anyone has been harmed as a result there is the potential that secret operations of the marshals could be compromised. jon? jon: and this isn't the first time the marshals have come under fire, right? >> reporter: no, that's right. last year "the wall street journal" reported that the agency had to confiscate dozens of cars used by administrators who apparently saw their vehicles as a perk and didn't actually use them for law enforcement purposes. in response to this latest incident a spokesperson...

Radios that may be in the hands of criminals tracking the authorities every move against them. steve centanni live in wash on this. what do we know about this case, steve? good morning. >> reporter: good morning. details were laid out in an internal report obtained bit "wall street journal" it shows the agency knew of this program as early as three years ago. the u.s. marshal's service which guards judges and courthouse, operates the witness protection program and apprehends federal suspects used the encrypted radios as a mainstay of their operations. according to the internal report, quote, i...

Marshals, 2000 to $5,000. the total lost to taxpayers if all the radios are never found, would be about $6 million. bill: holy cow. >> reporter: no evidence that anyone is harmed with the potential used in marshal's operations could be seriously compromised, bill. bill: this is the no the first time the marshals have come under fire. what else happened, steve? >> reporter: last year "the wall street journal" report that the agency issued government cars to nearly all the law enforcement employees at the headquarters in suburban virginia but senior officials rescinded scores of cars after conce...