colorado's senator says it is troubling, laws may have been broken and senator diane fienstein said an investigation is under way. i spoke to al jazeera's security and law contributor about the allegations. >> it's interesting because it comes in the context of the all of the n.s.a. revelations, where you have the public and policy makers being concerned about what the government is doing with surveillance. and the fact that it's the intelligence committee that's apparently the target of this surveillance is extraordinary, because the intelligence committee has been the biggest defender of the n.s.a. surveillance program. it's an extraordinary twist of events. >> do you thick this may change your that? >> it's hard to say. they haven't come out and taken a strong position on this. diane fienstein, the one that wrote about this hasn't made public statements xo coriating the -- ex-coriating the c.i.a. apparently both sides were being investigated for illegal activity or inappropriate activity. it has been been a strong reaction, it could sour relations. >> how serious were they overall.

the real problem is antiquated laws, and point to a 1979 law signed by diane fienstein capping the amountandlords can raise rent each year. >> so we have a duplex and we have one person and a one-bed room apartment. the individual may pay $400 a month. when the other duplex is vacant, a new individual will move in, maybe paying $3,000, for the same configuration. the question fundamentally "is that fair?", but many residents say absent affordable housing they need protection against evictions. they want to put it to voters. across the city they are packing meetings like this, hoping to come up with a ballot next election. >> outlaw or regulate rent. >> a long-time friend. >> any ballot measure will likely be too late for this man. he'll fight to stay in the neighbourhood he has. >> if i have to leave san francisco, i'll leave with my head held high. >> "america tonight"'s michael okay u tell us us that in response to criticism google will donate almost $7 million to the city to low-income children can ride for free on city buses for the next two years. the anti-tech protest continues in s