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Foxnews.com. this week nsa director general keith alexander staunchly defending the government's programs. the secret surveillance has foiled dozens of terror plots. >> i believe we have achieved this security in a relative safety in the way it does not compromise the civil liberties of our citizens. >> does the nsa have the ability to listen to american's phone calls or read their e-mails under these two programs? >> no, we do not have that authority. >> does the technology exist at the nsa to flip a switch by some analyst to listen to americans' phone calls and read i'ms? >> no. in recent ...

Plot to blow up the new york stock exchange was disrupted. the planners arrested an convicted, thanks in part to a secret monitoring program. that's one of two new terror plots intelligence officials declassified for a hastily arranged congressional hearing hoping to prove government surveillance is worth it. >> these programs are critical to the intelligence community's ability to protect our nation and our ally's security. they assist the intelligence community efforts to connect the dots. >> reporter: intelligence officials described safeguards, preserving civil liberties while tracking mil...

These plots. and it's important in those words, you know, perhaps there was a warning from overseas, from another intelligence service than we turn the programs on a certain individual, and confirmed the information. so without the details, you know, i'm very skeptical of this, whether it was actually key to thwarting 50 plots. you know, you just really need to look at this. we're not going to get to look at it. but i'd feel a lot better if congress independently, you know, had investigative committee look at it. >> yes, absolutely. to point the nuance of exactly what words they choose because...

Asked by mike rogers just how much capability authorities actually have and i want to play that exchange for you, bob. >> does the technology exist at the nsa to flip a switch by some analyst to listen to americans' phone calls or read their e-mails? >> no. >> so the technology does not exist for any individual or group of individuals at the nsa to flip a switch to listen to americans' phone calls, or read their e-mails? >> that is correct. >> now that was a pretty definitive answers. but today senator rand paul said that the president's director of national intelligence, james clapper, was qu...

Really is there is no going back now. president obama says flat out no one is listening to phone calls or reading emails without a specific warrant to do so. today the same question was asked of the director of the nsa general keith alexander. >> does the nsa have the ability to listen to americans' phone calls or read emails under these two programs. >> no. we do not have that authority. >> does the technology exist at the nsa to flip a switch by some analysts to listen to americans' phone calls or read their emails? >> no. >> bill: without snowden or another whistleblower producing hard evid...