an internal briefing paper said the gchq's intent was to provide intelligence relevant to the governmentsdesired outcomes for its presidency of the g20. the news comes just as britain is hosting the g8 summit, which begins today. all g8 members become to the g20, and the latest revelations are likely to fuel tensions. at head of the g8, thousands of people marched in northern ireland near where the two-day summit is being held. >> for every action there is a reaction. you need to listen to the people. the way you are doing it is not working. >> we teach our kids how to protest peacefully against what we see are really fat cats here to take over this small part of the world and all the world. >> on sunday, amnesty international staged a rally for the closure of guantÁnamo bay outside a belfast venue where president obama is speaking today. the amnesty spokesperson said guantÁnamo's continued existence undermines obama's global credibility on critical issues. >> we say to president obama, come here, support peace and the rule of law internationally by closing guantÁnamo and seizing the brea

"the guardian" is reporting that the british spy agency, gchq hacked into e-mails and phones during international conferences. according to the report, they stole passwords in 2009. "the guardian" got the information from former nsa contractor edward snowden. >>> back in the u.s., you can expect fallout from the secret surveillance programs. colorado senator mark udall will introduce a bill to limit what phone records the government can access. he thinks the nsa should be allowed to collect information from people with ties to terrorism. >> i don't think collecting millions and millions of americans' phone calls -- this is the meta data. this is time, place, to whom you direct the calls, is making us safer. and i think it's a violation of the fourth amendment. >> remember when central agents arrested this man for planning to blow up new york city subways. the government says the nsa surveillance programs helped them foil that plan and more than a dozen other terror plots around the world. >>> this is just into the newsroom. we know that 23 people have been killed in floods in northern india. doze

gchq stole passwords at a conference in 2009. how did "the guardian" get this information? it appears to have come from former nsa contractor edward snowden. >>> an irs supervisor here in washington says she scrutinized some of the first applications tea party groups filed for tax exempt status. that would contradict that a small group of workers mishandled the application. >>> today, we expect president obama to name a high-powered d.c. attorney to shut down guantanamo bay. nbc news has learned that clifford stone will be named to the position. he will head guantanamo closure. it follows his renewed pledge to close the prison. 166 prisoners suspected of terrorism are being held at guantanamo. >>> we're following a developing story in syria. state tv reports several explosions on the western edge of damascus. it's the same neighborhood that houses several embassies. look at this video online. it appears to show rebels attacking syrian troops in another part of the capital. nbc news can not verify the authenticity of this video. the group claims it was targeting forces. >>>

the guardian newspaper's reporting the british spy agency gchq, which stands for government communication headquarters, hacked into foreign diplomats phones and e-mails during international conferences. according to this report, they stole passwords at a g-20 conference in 2009. how did the guardian get this information? it appears to have come from former nsa contractor edward snowden. looks like he's got lots to talk about. both spying programs are bound to get attention this week. a couple of former u.s. vice presidents are also going public with their opinions on the leak. and for more on that and other political stories, we have with us nbc news senior political editor mike murray. >> let's begin with -- well, dick cheney and al gore commenting on the nsa leaks. what do they have to say? what is their opinion? >> we have an issue of strange bedfellows going on here where dick cheney is siding with the obama administration saying this kind of nsa surveillance is a good program to be able to have. you have al gore who's criticizing it, saying it violates people's fourth amendment rig

a new report on hacking by the british news agency gchq. edwards snowden is the basis for the reporting and the british agency reportedly hacked into the e-mails and phones of foreign diplomats to get an edge in high stakes negotiations. >>> it's possible the supreme court will rule on proposition 8. the judges are expected to rule on a number of cases tomorrow. analysts say it's most likely that prop 89 ruling will come at the end of the month. >>> and the new york mayor weighed in during a graduation speech at stanford. >> every generation of americans have expanded the rights of full citizenship to an every-widening circle of people. and i have every confidence that your generation will do the same. marriage equality is a civil rights issue of our time. >> michael bloomberg praised stanford's role in the tech industry and encouraged students to move to new york city, rather than staying in silicon valley and joked the graduates would have a better dating and social life in the city and spoke about the need for immigration reform and got

gchq hacked into foreign diplomats phones during conferences. they stole passwords at a g-20 conference in 2009. the information appears to have come from edward snowden. the tea party scandal may be bigger than we first thought. that would contradict the agency's claim that a small group of workers at an office in cincinnati mishandled the applications. the supervisor has not said that any of the irs' top brass were involved. >>> today, we expect president obama to name a high-powered d.c. attorney to as an envoy to close guantanamo bay. it was just shut down in january. the move fulfills president obama's renewed pledge to close the military prison. 166 prisoners suspected of terrorism are currently being held at guantanamo. >>> there's a new showdown between north korea and the u.s. this morning, over peace talks. north korea proposed they would sit down with the u.s. as long as there were no preconditions. the u.s. says they're open to talks. but north korea has to give up its nuclear program. north korea will often propose talks after ignit

officials for the nsa equivalent here, called the gchq, eavesdrop on various delegation alts two g20 meetings back in 2009, allegedly they set up a customized internet cafe to check out officials e-mails as well as a team of 45 agents working around the clock with real-time monitoring, both of phone calls and of messages. as for the snoop on medvedev, that involved americans working for the nsa who were based over here in the uk. this was at a time when the obama administration, as you recall, was trying to reset relations with russia. maybe try to relisten as well. >> what is the mood at the g8 summit as this information is trickling out? >> the thinking is that there's a little bit more -- between the conversations. the uk prime minister david cameron was asked whether anything like this, like that eavesdropping, was going on this week at the summit. he said he could not comment on security and intelligence matters. now two countries said to have been targeted. turkey and south africa, are demanding answers from the uk, and as for the russian, one russian official declared it was a

published by "the guardian" newspaper leaked by edward snowden suggests that the british spy agency gchq, government communications headquarters, has accessed cables carrying the world's phone calls and internet traffic and it shares this information with the american national security agency. the obama administration had no comment today as law enforcement officials continue their feverish manhunt to locate edward snowden. the business partner of wikileaks says he has plans to fly him to iceland if iceland grants him asylum. >> we just want to make sure that if we start to transport the guy, that he will not -- he will be safe when he lands, you know. he will not be extradited to u.s. >> the bigger issue is this massive surveillance program. a recent poll finds that 53% of americans disapprove of the nsa surveillance programs and 5 % disapprove of the government collecting phone calls of ordinary americans. it's one of the reasons the obama administration is suddenly out there trying to defend the program. president obama attempted to do so earlier this week by heralding a special panel

the gchq eavesdropped on officials at high stake g 8 meetings in 2009. set up customized internet cafe to check out customized emails. 45 officials working around the clock. realtime monitoring of phone calls and messages. snooping on medvedev actually involved americans working for the u.s.a. based here in the u.k. at the time, the obama administration was trying to re-set relations with russia. might have been trying to re-listen as well. today u.k. prime minister david cammeron was asked if there was any eavesdropping going on this week at the summit. he said he never commits on security and intelligence matters, now two countries said to be targeted turkey and south africa. they want answers. one russian official branded medvedev administration as a scandal. they say it's widely suspected there is a fair amount of surveillance at these events and broadly assumed that even post cold war the u.s. and russia are still busy following each other. maybe we have a little bit more evidence, jon. >> jon: why am i not surprised. greg, edward snowden claims is

pretends and as a counterpart, the gchq, established fake internet cafÉs to spy on foreign delegates'ter use and the nsa shared information on the phone calls of the russian leader dmitry medvedev. the revelation came just as the g8 summit opened in ireland, with president obama in attendance and britain again playing host. all this comes as the obama administration appears to be stepping up its efforts to defend the surveillance programs snowden exposed. before obama's interview on pbs monday, the national security agency disclosed it investigated less than 300 phone records seized in the broad collection of metadata last year. the agency also said the monitoring has foiled terror plots in the u.s. and 20 other countries, and not to release details this week. the head of the nsa, general keith alexander, is appearing before the house intelligence committee today in a rare public hearing. for more we're going to glenn greenwald, a columnist for the guardian of london who broke the nsa surveillance story earlier this month and a number of other sins, including snowden coming forward as

the "guardian" newspaper says the british eaves dropping agency, gchq, the equivalent of our nsa, hackednto the e-mails and phones of foreign diplomats at international conferences to get an edge in negotiations. the "guardian" story is based on leaked documents supplied by former nsa contractor, edward snowden, who is hiding in this china after blowing the could have on u.s. internet and phone surveillance. the report says the british agency stole diplomats' passwords and read some of their e-mails at a g-20 conference in london in 2009. it's the latest revelation over the scope of western intelligence gathering. the story was published just hours before britain is said to open the g-8 summit in northern ireland this morning. >> president obama is going to be there for the meeting of world leaders. this is new video of mr. obama arriving in belfast this morning. about an hour ago, he made a speech on the sustained peace in the region between catholics and protestants. he is headed to a resort for working dinner with other leaders. president obama is expected to push for consensus on syr

agencies and questions about the role of gchq. we have begun a review into the circumstances of these leaks in conjunction with the justice department and the u.s. intelligence community. president obama has been clear that u.s. work in this area is fully overseen an authorized by congress and relevant judicial bodies and that that administration is committed to respecting the civil liberties and privacy of its citizens. the government deplores the leak of classified information wherever it occurs, especially when it regards to the security -- to making the security of our country and our allies more difficult. it has been the policy of successive reduced governments not to comment on the details of the operation. the house will therefore understand that i will not be drawn into confirming or denying any aspect only information. i will be as informative as possible to give reassurance to the public and parliament. we want the british people to have confidence in the work of our intelligence agency and in their adherence to the law

these new documents indicate that agents for the nsa equivalent here, the gchq, eavesdropped on variousegations at the g20 summits back in 2009. now, this followed the global economic collapse, so these were high stakes talks and, apparently, approved by the government of then-.gordon brown. -- then-prime minister gordon brown. a team of 45 agents were working around the clock realtime following both phone calls and messages from various officials involved with this summit. also included in this latest document dump of information u.s. agents working for the nsa over here in the u.k. were also listening in on communications with then-russian president dmitri dmitry medvedev. he was at those summits as well. as you recall at that time, the obama administration was trying to reset relations with russia, jon. jon: we have the g8 now be, what's the mood among the delegates there as this information is breaking? >> reporter: well, the suspicion is, jon, at least some of the officials there might be a little more circumspect with their communications at this summit. current u.k. prime ministe

david cameron had a very good day, actually, yesterday, given the fact there were concerns about the gchq spying in 2009. to get that off the headlines and talk about a big, big trade deal which could be worth as much as $100 billion to both the u.s. and, indeed, the europeans, if and when they get this one done, it's quite encouraging. look, it's only the start of the process and people are already skeptical that this can be done in an 18-month window by the end of 2014 as well. there are already concerns about france and cultural exceptionalism for the auto-visual industries and concerns over agricultural, whether that would be in the deal or not, but if that happens, it would lower tariffs, make prices cheaper for the consumer, there would be more jobs and better gdp as well, so everybody ought to be happy if and when this happens as well. let's listen in to what the european commission president had to say to cnbc about the prospects of the deal and why they were looking at bilateral, rather than multilateral deals now. >> while there is not a possibility as it was our first best a gl

. >> caller: they got this thing on gchq now.eresting perspective. somebody jim was talking, it was hoover, they had to go physically put the recording machine under martin luther king's bed in the hotel room to record whatever. so technology. hey, do you notice that louie gomer is the a gohmert? he accuses the fbi of aiding the muslim brotherhood. >> what is his -- >> stephanie: on the house floor on friday. texas representative louie gohmert accused various federal agencies of aiding islamic terrorists. why would they do that? >> stephanie: because it is gohmert. >> my guest at this time is texas republican congressman louie gohmert. >> this administration has so many muslims in it. ♪ you louie gohmert time ♪ ♪ you can step right up ♪ ♪ he's got muslims he's got muslims on his mind ♪ ♪ have a drink every time, he says benghazi, you'll stay drunk all the time ♪ ♪ if your daddy's rich ♪ ♪ if you're daddy's black you're in the muslim brotherhood ♪ ♪ we go fishing we go fishing for a crime ♪ ♪ we're always happy because we're livin