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Provided over 50 cases to both the house and senate intelligence committees that show the specific contribution of these programs to our understanding. and in many cases disruption of terrorist plots in the u.s. and over 20 countries throughout the world. that list of 50 plots went to congress on friday, two days after it was promised by general alexander, jon. jon: catherine herridge in washington, thank you. jenna: right now on capitol hill, a major hearing in the benghazi investigation. for the very first time, the house armed services committee is questioning two of the men in charge of u....

That in the end comes out of this that is politically sust n sustainable. and you saw it beginning this week with the current head of the nsa talking about the plots that have been disrupted. i do think, again, an honest conversation about what is and what isn't being collected so that, like i said, i don't turn on the tv and i hear people talk about literally there must be the millions and millions of fbi agents that are listening to every single phone call in this country. not only is that -- >> be responsible -- >> not only is that -- right. not only is that not happening it's incapable of ...

This that is politically sust n sustainable. and you saw it beginning this week with the current head of the nsa talking about the plots that have been disrupted. i do think, again, an honest conversation about what is and what isn't being collected so that, like i said, i don't turn on the tv and i hear people talk about literally there must be the millions and millions of fbi agents that are listening to every single phone call in this country. not only is that -- >> be responsible -- >> not only is that -- right. not only is that not happening it's incapable of happening. >> i do think one ...

Can't square the circle. so on the one hand, you hear people say, oh, we've disrupted 50 terrorist plots. and on the other hand, boston happens. we were warned about this person twice. and yet somehow that occurred. and we know that terrorists get on the internet all the time and get a how-to book to do all kinds of things. so i think people are having trouble reconciling what appears to be a lot of oversight with something like boston. and in the end, as we all know, it's human nature, if you don't know something, you assume the worst. the american people have woken up to the fact that they d...

Reporters including our griff jenkins trying to get more answers from the nsa director. >> what's next? >> you'll see. >> are you going to reveal classified information? >> we're going to reveal more nofgs the public on the -- some of the terrorist plots and how we oversee the programs and the compliance that we use for them. >> general, how long have you been collecting data? >> this way? >> no. >> could you tell us how long you've been collecting the data? >> come on, guys. watch out. >> we're in here. >> refresh my memory. how long have you been collecting the data? general, can i ask you? ...