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Is about the constitution. having that picked up in the lead, this is really serious damage. >> paul: did the administration have any choice but to prosecute him and charge snowden? >> i don't think they have any choice at all. the one thing that they do have a choice is on telling the american people more about the systems they are using. general keith alexander said in testimony before congress they had prevented dozens of terrorist plots. he was going to work on it and bring some of those to the public's attention. they have not done that. there is always the question of methods and means, ...

All about the constitution and having that, picked up and believed and thrown back, this is really serious damage. >> dan, did the administration have any choice but to prosecute him? of course they charged snowden. >> i don't think they had any choice. on prosecuting. the one thing they do have a choice is on telling the american people more about the systems that they're using. you know, general keith alexander, the head of the national security agency, said in testimony before congress they had prevented dozens of terrorist plots and he was going to work on it and bring some to the public's...

>> harold, this is -- this is one example after another after another where the russians just have not cooperated with us and i think the biggest problem is we've got the -- is it the miss universe pageant coming up in russia as well? >> yeah. >> in october. >> alex -- >> we need -- >> alex, we need a countdown clock to the miss universe pageant in russia and a real question, are we going to do what we did in 1980 with the summer olympic games? >> not send our participants some. >> not send our participants. i know that will upset a lot of people. anyway. >> david -- >> so many things hang in ...

Compromised in terms of how they represent our country, the way they operate overseas has been compromised, yes. i'm very worried about sources and methods of the intelligence community being compromised. i'm very worried about the diminished ability of this program to detect terrorist attacks before they come to our shores. yes, people have been put at risk by this young man. ask general alexander. you don't have to ask me. ask people who know. >> senator patrick leahy, the chairman of the judiciary committee, he said, if this program is not effective, if it has to end, but he noted that a cl...

Americans by improperly using private information. 44% say it's more likely to help catch terrorists. for those who think the government effort is misguided. trevor moore have this suggestion. >> only way to fight back against our country's data mining is to make it irrelevant. that is were we're launching everyone talk like a terrorist all the time. if we all openly discuss terrorist plots, then eavesdropping becomes pointless. >> hi, mom, i at school. >> blow up the brooklyn bridge. >> jon: with that. we're going wrap up news watch. thanks to judy miller, jim pinkerton, joe, i will en