igor volsky. he's all over. >> bill: do you that by at igor volsky.t -- it looks like president obama yesterday said i'm no dick cheney but there's a big feud right now, at least a difference of opinion between dick cheney and al gore, as you have reported. >> al gore coming out and saying he would not have used these kinds of powers that bush employed after 2001, after the attacks, the september 11th attacks. he began listening in, surveilling phone conversations with folks eyebrowed domestic call -- abroad, domestic calls here. he did it without court oversight back in 2001. >> bill: the wiretapping. nsa. >> the wiretapping nsa. he believes it is unconstitutional. it vile ates the fourth amendment of the constitution. >> bill: both under bush and president obama. >> we should say the program has evolved drastically since 2001 when bush did it. you could argue oversight isn't sufficient. i think there's a lot of merit to that argument. let me just say about al gore. it's nice to hear him say this but i think that president obama, when he was senator

igor volsky, our good buddy and member of our team here.aging editor of think progress in studio with us this morning. he left russia the same time edward snowden was leaving. >> passing in the night. >> bill: if you stayed there igor, you would have the big scoop. >> bill: it changes every five minutes. we told you the foreign minister in the last break had said edward snowden never arrived in russia. now, peter, there is a different story. >> this is one source on twitter, reporter for abc saying snowden perhaps being held by russian law enforcement to investigate circumstances including his passport. which we know is a problem for him. the passport. so who knows. who knows. where's waldo. carmen san diego hunt continues. >> bill: seems to me that he's in moscow. that's what the white house was saying. they're pretty sure that's where he is. they're working on that assumption and putting a lot of pressure on russia to release him and send him back to this country. so he can be placed on trial. igor let's say hello to chris calling from wa

when we come back with igor volsky. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show."e on your radio and current tv. (vo) this afternoon, current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> bill: madea benjamin, one of the cofounders of copink, she's the woman who interrupted president obama in his speech last week at the national defense university. she's a real rebel rouser here in town. she also was at the bradley manning hearing yesterday in the courtroom. she will be here in our

right now we're visiting with igor volsky from think progress.aging editor on the news of the day. before we get back to your calls and your comments, identity theft, i tell you about it a lot because it is very serious. i've been a victim of identity theft. i don't want it to happen to you. but it's going on all over the place. here's a story out of new york state. federal authorities say a 25-year-old syracuse woman has been ordered to pay more than $55,000 in restitution and sentenced to five years in prison for falsely using four people's personal identification and information to get credit carts in her name. you have to be protected against identity theft. i am with lifelock ultimate. the most comprehensive i.d. theft protection out there. but lifelock, of course, can't protect you or your bank accounts if you're not a member. so i encourage you to visit lifelock.com or give a call and mention press 10 and you'll get 10% off your lifelock ultimate membership. the number to call is 1-800-356-5967. for lifelock ultimate. with his eye on the s