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Program that works to protect your privacy and li up to our constitutional obligation in congress that says we must provide for the general defense of the united states. we have found how to do this and protect your privacy. remember, most people think these phone calls are recorded. they're not. most people think their names are associated with these phone numbers. they're not. it's just a whole list of phone numbers with no names and no addresses. when a terrorist number, just a terrorist number is found, they plug it in to these numbers and it pops up with somebody they may be talking to in...

There's more information on an envelope that you fill out and stick in the mailbox than are in this database. this is billing records that already exist. they said we just need to put them in one place and hold them longer so we have a number to compare to. so they're not calling them. they're not doing pattern analysis. here's the best news of all. in this program, zero privacy violations, 54 terrorists, violent terrorist attacks thwarted. that's a pretty good record. that's a great record. and that tells me this is one program that works to protect your privacy and live up to our constitutio...

Overseas. that's a huge amount of data, and it's gathered every day and turned over to the national security agency in this enormous database. now, that's part one, and that's what this court order that was reported by "the guardian" newspaper talks about. it's the gathering of the data. it says nothing about part two which is what can the government do with it? now, the program is classified, so we don't know all the details, but what we've been told today by members of congress and people in the government is that the government must have a specific need to get into that database. they have ...

Yesterday to wish her a happy birthday, chances are pretty darn good there's a record of that call in the nsa's massive computers. and you ask, good question, how do we know this? well, here is the order itself. formerly top secret approved april 25th by a court that issues warrants in the fight against terror. now we're learning this snooping started seven years ago. how about this? two highly connected senators speaking just a short time ago say it is legal, totally legal under the patriot act enacted shortly after 9/11. take a listen for yourself. >> this is just metta data. there is no con...

Intelligence committee said about this. >> this is just meta data. there is no content involved. in other words, no content of a communication. >> all of these numbers are basically ferreted out by computer, but if there's a number that matches a terrorist number that has been dialed by a u.s. number or dialed from a terrorist to a u.s. number, then that may be flagged. >> terrorists will come after us if they can, and the only thing that we have to deter this is good intelligence. to understand that a plot is being held and to get there before they get to us. >> reporter: brooke, people on ca...