not a people out of them for clapper. you want to throw the book at snowden but not clapper. they both broke the law technically and europe to decide what justice is. clapper should be tried for perjury. whatd you want to decide injustice is an clapper should be tried for perjury. [applause] you say this all the time but you want to get into -- would you classify edward snowden asked on the one hand, a hero or traitor? if there was another edward snowden out there, would you encourage them to speak up? decisionk the ultimate historyt -- of hero, will sort it out. i think his intentions were good. here is the problem. we have 400 or 500 people here and we are talking to new recruits from the cia, should i tell all of them or decide when it is unconstitutional and reveal secrets any time? if you leave to chaos. at the same time, i am upset about what our intelligence community is doing. known -- we may not have if snowden did not reveal it. on the one hand, you have chaos. , he was 20ning million pages. there's a chance intelligence could endanger our agents. i am not against s

of clapper.-- and criticism of clapper. -- enough criticism of clapper. he said it was ok to lie to congress and the american people in the name of security. snowden proposed it was ok to meet classified information in -- to leak classified information in the name of liberty. there are laws against both of those, leaking and lying. history sometimes excepts one or both as laudable. the government official leaks to expose government malfeasance, we sometimes call it a whistleblower. if an enemy asks for secret information, we would expect our intelligence director to lie. but no matter who is testifying in congress, lying to congress is still a crime. lying to congress also damages credibility. when the intelligence director lies, it makes it difficult for us to believe him when he comes to say, oh, yes, we are collecting all of your information, but we promise not to look at it. it is hard to believe them when they do not tell the truth when they testify. they also come to us and say, terrorists

despite this warning, clapper comes to congress and lies.t is punishable to up to five years, and when this secret surveillance of americans finally became public though, no one on the intelligence community was involved. their only regret was that the program was no longer secret. the sheer arrogance. their only sorry that they got caught very at without the snowden leaks, they would still be doing whatever they please. what is your beef? what they rarely mention is they do not think any of your records have any fourth amendment protection. it is only boring, old business they say records. think about the information on your visa bill. governmentill the can't tell whether you drink, or the smoke, whether you gamble, what books you read, what magazines you read whether you see a psychiatrist, what , medications you take. there was a recent study by two stanford graduates -- are we allowed to mention stanford here? [laughter] they were showing exactly what could be figured out from your boring, old phone records. i oppose this abuse of power

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. >> he also ripped the director of national intelligence, james clapper, who some lawmakers have accused of misleading congress and denying the government was engaged in massive surveillance. >> we can't have officials like james clapper who can lie to everyone and face not even a criticism, not even a strongly worded letter. >> the white house declined comment, but president obama said clapper should have been more careful in his testimony and that the administration is trying to balance privacy concerns with anti-terror investigations. snowden argued the sweeping surveillance hasn't accomplished anything and cast himself as a lonely hero. >> i took an oath to support and defend the constitution. >> the man being applauded clearly sparked a national debate over spying, but snowden was making his case from vladimir putin's russia, which has a long history of human rights violations and just launched a military invasion of crimea. inconvenient fact that went unmentioned. >> thank you. >>> blade runner oscar pistorius involvemented repeatedly today during graphic testimony. pistorius was l

here's a guy, director clapper, who has worked 50 years for the good of this country. he made one mistake and we're crucifying him. in my opinion, one mistake doesn't throw out the individual. >> what he said was not true. he called it the least untruthful thing you could say. ed snowden asked what moment he decided to do what he did, said there was no single moment, but quote, it was seeing a continuing litany of lies from senior officials to congress, and therefore the american people, and the retaliation that congress supported the lies that compelled me to act. seeing someone in the position of james clapper, the director of national intelligence, baldly lying to the public without any repercussion was the evidence of a subverted democracy. >> so i didn't understand, what was the date that clapper made that and what was the date he stole the material? >> march 12th, 2013, when did he steal the material? before that, but he didn't come out until after that, right? >> that's right. so when you look at it, i would question the integrity of the individual who completel

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clapper answered no. a clearly perjurious statement. you are talking about the rule of law?n a democracy the people have a right to know what their government is doing, because we get to decide what the policy is going to be. and when the snowden revelations came forth, the american people have forced changes from what the nsa was doing on a because of mr. snowden's revelations. this cannot not be found without the revelations because before that because of speculations, it would have been thrown out of court. you're just guessing that the government is doing this to you. he needed a rule of law function which was nonfunctioning before that time. i wanted to say about all the members of the senate intelligence committee who did not have the courage to do what a 29-year-old had to do for them. and it is especially outrageous -- they had come as you point out, a duty to uphold and defend the constitution, including the fourth amendment, which they were not doing. in addition, unlike mr. snowden, they enjoined debate clause of article four section six, which indicates and estab

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listen to what james clapper is saying. syria now is becoming a crisis for the word. >> u.s. interests are definitely implicated in term of the impact, the spillover of syria on regional friends and allies of the u.s. it is also been determined by president obama early on that helping the transition toward the democracy in the region is in the u.s. national interest. it's not just the right thing to do. so that also is there. but danny, when people say it doesn't reach u.s. shores in any way is that correct? when we talk about the region of friend and allies. that's incorrect. when we talk about the democracy it's debatable. people will tell you it's not democracy. is it true that this doesn't reach u.s. shores at all? >> that's debatable and being debated. but i think what is interesting is what conclusions is one to dpraw from the picture that he drew. this picture that our intelligence agencies are paying more and more attention to the al-qaeda. for example, ambassador ryan crocker draws the conclusion that precisely because of this what's he forgetting when he says that?

i do not think there has been another criticism of clapper.e said it was ok to lie to congress and the american people in the name of security. snowden proposed it was ok to meet classified information in the name of liberty. there are laws against both of those, leaking and lying. a government official weeks to expose government malfeasance, we sometimes call it a whistleblower. secretnemy asks for information, we would expect our intelligence director to live, but no matter who is testifying in congress, lying to congress is still a crime. congress also damages credibility. when the intelligence director lies, it makes it difficult for us to believe him when he comes to say, oh, yes, we are collecting all of your information, but we promise not to look at it. it is hard to believe them when they do not tell the truth when they testified. they also come to us and say, terrorists cannot be apprehended with the bill of rights. who knows what to believe anymore? even if no abuse of phone records has occurred so far, we to preventthe power abuse

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pictures of that, of the defense secretary chuck hagel of the director of national intelligence, james clapper, all coming into the white house, and we understand, jim, from talking to the various officials that vice president biden and secretary of state john kerry also joined in on that national security meeting via conference, and some tough talk coming from the white house, and it is clear that they want russia out of crimea, and the question now becomes, does russia respond, and what does the united states do next? jim? >> and the president delivering a tough message and building a coalition that hee ne needs can and france to corroborate. and ian, i know there is frustration among the protesters and even the crimean politicians that they have not gotten the backup or the support they wanted from the west. and do you think that in the phone calls, the stern messages and the talk of costs for russia they are beginning to hear the support they are looking for? >> i think they are starting to hear positive signs bs, but you also have the ukrainian government here talking tougher about the ru

john brennan, joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey and national intelligence director james clapper. we're just getting word that the president did not attend the meeting but that he was briefed on it later. in his remarks yesterday president obama warned that any violation of ukraine's sovereignty would be, quote, deeply destabilizing. >> just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games, it would invite the condemnation of nations around the world, and indeed the united states will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. >> vice president joe biden spoke yesterday with the ukrainian prime minister assuring him that the u.s. stands for, quote, the democratic future of ukraine. greg? >> well, we remember the president said there will be costs if syria uses chemical weapons, and in the end there were none. what kind of a reaction is coming from capitol hill? >> a lot of concern. republican senator john mccain says he's, quote, deeply concerned that russia will expand further into ukraine. he s

he did not say at all that james clapper should be indicted for lying to the american people.ence. what about the rampant unconstitutional actions of -- i wantto complete my -- to respond, because that is one of several. we have a president who claims and has used the authority on two occasions to kill any american citizen that he unilaterally decides in secret is a danger. that is due process of law? n sendingds like puti poisons to london. there is no due process server. the surveillance program is another example. he decides he does not want to faithfully execute the law? laways i do not like the against immigration. i will not enforce those. he does not like the laws against marijuana. i will not enforce those. all of these examples of government lawlessness, total silence on governor gilmore's part, and one the government because a lawbreaker, it invites every man and woman to become a law unto themselves. >> governor, no more silence. can you answer? >> bruce, i have been on the front lines of this battle. i have been an intelligence agent during the cold war in germany.

listen to what james clapper is saying, listen to what the secretary of homeland security is saying. syria, now, is becoming a crisis for the world. >> u.s. interests are definitely implicated in terms of the impact, spillover of syria on regional friends and allies of the u.s. it's also been determined by president obama early on that helping the transition towards democracy many in the region is this the -- in the region is in the u.s. national interests. it's not just the right thing to do. so that also is there. but, danny, when people say, well, it doesn't reach u.s. shores in any way, is that correct? when we talk about the regional friends and allies, that's indirect. and when we talk about democracy, that's debatable. people will tell you, hey, that's not democrat, etc. but is it true that this doesn't reach u.s. shores at all? >> that's debatable and is being debated. but i think what's interesting is what conclusions is one to draw from the picture that nader just drew, thissicture that -- this picture that our intelligence agencies are paying more and more attention to the

that's the director of the national intelligence clapper. my belief about the interim deal with the iranians is a disaster in the making. the prime minister of israel says the iranians got the of the century and they're watching us. president obama now is your time to reset the world, not just your relationship with russia but let the world know that the united states won't sit on the sidelines and watch people take over countries by force and the iranians are not going to get a nuclear weapon and now is the time to admit the iranians and putin enough is enough. >> i don't think anybody would say the united states is sitting on the sidelines. we're out in front in syria, we're out in front in iran, what wer doing in syria? >> we're out in front getting the coalition together to -- >> i mean, what are we doing to change the tide? >> the challenge in syria is that the assad regime needs to go. we all understand that. the opposition is not as unified as we would like to see it. there are parts of the opposition that you and i both would like --

you saw chuck hagel the defense secretary, james clapper director of national intelligence, chairmaney and john brennan the director of the cia leaving the white house around 1:00 this afternoon. the president evidently was not at that meeting, wolf. >> is there any indication, jim, that we might be hearing from the president at some point later today? yesterday he walked into the briefing room at around 5:00 p.m. eastern time, previously unscheduled, wanted to make a statement. made a three-minute statement, directly suggesting there would be costs to the russians if they were to intervene militarily. any indications from the white house that could happen again today? >> reporter: we're anticipating further updates as the day goes on, wolf, as to what went on here at the white house today, who to expect from the president and his team. that is always a possibility. that has not been ruled ought today. but really no indication at this point as to whether or not the president might come out. you heard what he said yesterday. it was a very cautious and brief statement. that was backed

. >> we had clapper lied to senate committee and nothing happened.sa collecting whole scale metadata and nothing happened. >> that's actually the point on almost all those things dianne feinstein was the defender of the community for her to turn and say wait a minute,. >> and not in private. she took to the senate floor to really smack them. >> this is a real -- you lose a lot of people. you lose dianne feinstein a democrat who has been defending the national security apparatus for the most part, believes that we need it and has been actively involved in intelligence and overseeing this. this is a big problem. >> so what does happen next? >> that, i don't know. it's going to be -- but this one is not going under the table somewhere. there will be -- they are going to have to put up or shut up. talking at cfr and saying it's not true is not going to be enough. >> all right. we have 30 seconds left. a big win for the republicans in florida. >> it is a big win. republicans have held that seat for like four decades. >> you expect it. >> well, no. i hones

participants included chuck hagel, john brennan, martin dempsey and james clapper. president obama did not attend the meeting but was briefed on it later. but can the obama administration get vladimir putin's attention? republicans say they are doubtful that the russian president worries much about what president obama says he will do. >> i'm sure that putin is shaking in his fur-covered boots. look, this is an administration that issues warnings but never does anything about it. the red line in syria, we're going to get control of benghazi. it means nothing and putin knows it means nothing. >> john mccain says he's, quote, deeply concerned that russia will expand its military presence further into ukraine. >> mol he loly, thank you very for that report. gregg? >>> an attorney for california students banned from wearing american flag t-shirts in their high school is calling the latest ruling absolutely ridiculous. a federal appeals court saying their rights were not violated when the school told them to hide the american flag logos or go home, fearing it could incit

chalk hagel and brennan were there and national intelligence director james clapper. president obama did not attend the meeting but was briefed on it later. also today samantha power, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations pressed for international monitors to go into ukraine to get the facts on the ground. >> we're working toto deescalat facilitate peaceful lie ddialog >> but while the diplomats talk, putin is making a, quote, power move. >> the united states has essentially ignored what happened in the ukraine and now we're paying the price because our options are very limited. >> he says the u.s. and europe should be pushing hard to get ukraine into n.a.t.o. quickly. >> molly, we know some of the president's critics and particularly republican leaders have had a lot to say about this but we heard from the white house today. what are we hearing from other lawmakers on capitol hill? >> reporter: john mccain says he's deeply concerned that russia will expand further into ukraine. he said in a statement, quote, i call on president obama to rally our european and n.a

we worked -- clapper case. we assisted where my colleague doug is challenging the authority and the theory that i've been claimed by visa in assessing fines against merchants have been attacked, and i the ftc in its efforts to claim the ability to enforce reasonable security standards in the hotel franchise context. we are now working on issues for target as well. so not able to talk about any of the particular client matters in detail, but it's a very interesting time to be here and to be able to talk in general about some of things that are in the news in the last few years. so my perspective, my gym perspective is that you look at big data issues from the perspective of someone in the trenches as a litigator dealing with cyber attacks against company data, bodies of company data, aggregation of company data. sometimes even as the attack is still potentially underway, we get called in. right at the moment when companies are faced with sudden challenges dealing with the reality of finding out what happened, fi

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i myself have had multiple rounds of correspondence and meetings with director brennan and also clapper about the big political issues. why is this so important to me? because the interrogation program and the use of enhanced interrogation techniques was not just an inappropriate way to collect intelligence, it was a tragic mistake of great significance in the history of this country. simply, it was wrong. the question now is, what are we going to do about it? that is what this report is about. and what other discussions that have been ongoing recently have been about. as a country, are we going to learn from this tragic mistake? is the cia going to take a hard look at itself and tackle these problems or is it going to circle the wagons once again? as one of the top leaders of the agency and the senior counsel, the next cia general counsel, which i hope will be you, will have a centrally important role in this effort and where we go from here. where we go from here is everything in terms of not only this committee, which hangs around a long time, but also for the cia as a whole. the fee

have had multiple rounds of correspondence and meetings with director brendan -- brennan and also clapper about the big political issues. why is this so important to me? because the interrogation use of enhanced interrogation techniques was not just an appropriate way to collect intelligence, it was a tragic mistake of great significance in the history of this country. simply, it was wrong. the question now is, what are we going to do about it? that is what this report is about. discussions that have been ongoing recently have been about. as a country, are we going to learn from this tragic mistake? is the cia going to take a hard look at itself and tackle these problems or is it going to circle the wagons once again? as one of the top leaders of the counsel,d the senior the next cia general counsel, which i hope will be you, will have a centrally important role in this effort and where we go from here. where we go from here is everything in terms of not only this committee, which hangs around a long time, but also for the cia as a whole. the feeling that they can talk to us and that they

we had the very obvious example with clapper when he told the senate that there had been no -- >> not it was a flat-out lie, no accountability for it. >> that is why i don't buy the s adjective, he said well, saying we did something we wouldn't do. >> stealiessional documents and so on. but the american people, a lot of them don't seem to care about this issue. it is likely, the cia has to do what they have to do to take care of us. we haven't had any significant attacks since 9/11, so if they're going to spy on me and congress so be it. >> i can understand that view. i certainly want the cia to do what it has to do. and i really respect the men and women who work there. but we have to have a check and balance in this country. because we can't have the balance between our civil liberties and our national security tipped off balance. and the real irony here is you have diana feinstein, and congress has not been a credible oversight of the cia. one of the reasons is, they haven't been able to keep the secrets secret like they're supposed to. they don't trust congress, also congress has

in it is not clear how useful the information has been, and yet, a few months later, we have james clapper, director of national intelligence conceding perhaps it would have been better if we had been transparent upfront. we should have gone to congress or have been first -- forthright about needing the power to do this abroad instead of doing it in -- the fact that we are seeing almost universal consensus that this program does need to end shows that there was real value to what he says, whether or not you think that program was illegal, it was sufficiently concerning. >> tonight on c-span, the house oversight committee questions irs commissioner john koskinen about how his agency handled applications for tax exempt status for nonprofit groups. then a senate hearing on security breaches at retailers that compromised consumers financial data. and later, a hearing on management failures at the federal agency that secures u.s. nuclear stockpiles. just before this house oversight hearing got underway, irs commissioner john koskinen was talking with chairman darrell issa. mr. koskinen was call

pointed out, karen, we saw defense secretary chuck hagel leaving the wours early and dni chief james clapper as well as other officials. this comes on a very stern warning yesterday. he said to russia if they were to take military steps in ukraine, that there would be costs associated with that. so the big question is what will those costs be? what are they considering? one white house official telling nbc news that those costs could include a possible boycott of the g-8 summit. that is slated to happen in sochi, russia, the very same place where the olympics were held in june. >> presumably i'm assuming the white house is weighing those options given there may be action at the u.n. security council or they think that's doubtful, but as they also keep app eye an eye on what is happening in the ukraine and essentially what putin does next. >> reporter: they are weighing their options very carefully, you're absolutely right. the question is will there be more that they're putting on the table in addition to the potential boycott of the g-8 summit. i can tell you they are getting pressure from

intelligence, james clapper, testified before congress that no telephone communications of americansre being monitored. .n outlandish lie lying to congress is a felony. you can go to jail for years. not a word. liernments are supposed to to their citizens. >> author and m.i.t. professor noam chomsky speaking during his visit to tokyo last week. peschel thanks to our planet tv. you can visit democracynow.org