the fact of the matter is on issue away sure too many of the leaders have not just kept the congress in the dark. the congress have been given inaccurate statements. another line of defense is they scoop up tons but it's okay because they have a lot of rules about it. second there are questions about whether there have ever been any violation.

been any violation. with today's declassified information, can you shed any light on what these violations on americans' privacy were? >> i can't get into those details, but again i will try to add some context. first, those violations at the intelligence community were violations of court orders, jake. so when you hear something say

but -- and here's where greenwald's story today is important -- the question is not whether they're viewed as an official policy but whether they can be. snowden told greenwald yes. >> i sitting at my desk certainly this the authorities to wiretap anyone. >> though members and supporters of the u.s. national security apparatus disputed that. >> there's no question but that edward snowden has been completely vindicated by the documents and by the disclosures as a completely honest whistle-blower one of the most significant whistle blowers in

can't get into "the guardian's" story, i can tell you last december during the debate you specifically spoke on the floor of is the united states senate about what is really cad the back-door search loophole of the act, and that's a loophole that allows for the examination of phone calls and e-mails on americans without a want form that's somebody that i believe needs to be closed and apropos

can't get into "the guardian's" story, i can tell you last december during the debate you specifically spoke on the floor of is the united states senate about what is really cad the back-door search loophole of the act, and that's a loophole that allows for the examination of phone calls and e-mails on americans without a want form that's somebody that i believe needs to be closed and apropos of your conversation, i think this is a unique time in our constitutional history. i don't think we should let this time go by without striking a better balance between security and liberty. you seem to be suggesting there are not constraints or safeguards on the information we

jake. so when you hear something say there aren't any violations we point to that one specifically. in my view didn't fully portrayed the extend of the problems. >>> all right. senator ron wyden, we've been talking about this issue for

this one with the catchy headline nsa tool collects nearly everything a user does on the internet. it's called "keyscore." it's a program used by the nsa to collect all internet activity everything they can collect, store it, and allow their low-level analysts with access to terminals to search what it is they want and fit out what your e-mails say, what google search terms you entered, and pretty much anything else

officials breaking the law, not being prosecuted and not lose their job. >> clapper's office today released its own set of stunning documents. among them a previously classified congressional briefing paper outlining the p.a.t.r.i.o.t. act provision allowing for an early warning system involving logging all domestic e-mails and phone conversations of americans, with this attempted assurance, only a tiny fraction of such records are ever viewed by nsa intelligence analysts. but -- and here's where

officials statements that were not true. with today's declassification by clapper, can you say with any more specificity what wasn't true in the assertions that these officials were making about bulk e-mail data collection? i can't get into the details, but let me be specific. in the document that was declassified today, it talked about how the bulk collection of e-mail was a vital capability. that was the specifics language

needs to be closed and apropos of your conversation, i think this is a unique time in our constitutional history. i don't think we should let this time go by without striking a better balance between security and liberty. you seem to be suggesting there are not constraints or safeguards on the information we now know about. >> i particularly believe that the bulk collection of hundreds of mill yonts of phone call records on law-abiding americans

of mill yonts of phone call records on law-abiding americans is a very substantial invasion of privacy. you basically have been for example, if you know that someone called a psychiatrist twice in the last 36 hours, once after midnight you know a lot about that person. >> the director release one is

about that person. >> the director release one is about this bulk e-mail program, intelligence officials had said they shut it down on their own. you have said that intelligence officials statements that were not true.

e-mail was a vital capability. that was the specifics language used by the intelligence community. senator udahl and i believed early on that that was not the case. we able to show it was in effect worthless. that's the reason it was eliminated yet on the intelligence community when they first described it a few days ago, they said it was for operational reasons. the fact of the matter is on