we know one of the top intel officials, the top intel official in the defense department leaked informationwith the white house, mr. brennan, who is now c.i.a. director of the national security council, and deny miss income did you know know, now the white house chief of staff. panetta we now know leaked classified information. he virtually told them, everyone who was involved that the raid was mark poll. he was at a c.i.a. awards ceremony. panetta everyone there who was involved in the raid. nothing happened to him. and when someone called out the defense department for withholding conclusions about panetta's involvement in the leak, you know what happened? the guys who are now targeted with an investigation are the ones who called out defense department for covering up the disclosure. >> so it's pretty outrageous, if you think about it, especially when secretary of defense, gates at the time, said let's disagree on one thing, whatever we talk about, nothing leaves this room. agreed? and within minutes, everybody is giving up interviews and giving up intelligence information. now there is

. >> there is a "washington post" article, saying that you had talked to a washington intel official. and that you had quoted the same kind of figured. so can you give us a sense for how the mechanics of how the money is raised. if someone going door to door, are they asking for donations? our folks writing a check to some anonymous address? and how is the money actually being gathered? >> way that i like to think about it the solicitation is public but it's oftentimes very private and very close and sometimes in person or managed in a specifically controlled way. for the way that it solicited is something that is similar to what we would like recognizes a good ngo campaign. let's say you want to support someone in that it something that costs you a great deal of money. so the earmarks are very effective way of to give people a clear idea of what exactly they are going for and what their donations are. and another great example is an 800-dollar rpg. so this would be like something that is on posters, signage, twitter accounts, it's very well known, hundreds of thousands, if not more t

(laughter) so in a desperate bid to find out how much intel snowden took, n.s.a. officials recently floated the idea of offering edward snowden amnesty. i'd take the deal, ed. just come back with all the intel and all is forgiven. i tell you what, to make you feel safe we'll meet you in a special amnesty zone. (laughter) folks, the n.s.a. is just doing their job! and they're just doing it in more places than you ever imagined. >> the n.s.a. activity didn't stop with e-mails or cell phones of foreign leaders according the guardian and the "new york times" which say the agency also spied on video games like world of war craft and second life. >> stephen: that's right, the n.s.a. is spying on second life-- a game for people who don't have a first one. (laughter) and thank god they are. the n.s.a. knows that online games are a target-rich communication network allowing intelligent suspects a way to hide in plain sight. and one n.s.a. worker described online games as "an opportunity" to get his dwarf rogue up to level 9. (laughter) so the n.s.a. went undercover in these virtual

intel official anonymously. he had also quoted the same kind of figure. theyou give us a sense for mechanics of how this money is raised? is somebody going door to door and asking for donations? our folks just writing a check to some anonymous address? how is the money actually being gathered? >> the way i like to think about it is the solicitation for the money is public. the way it is collected is often very private. it is very close. sometimes even person. in cash or very specific controlled ways. the way that the campaigns are solicited is very similar to something that all of us would recognize as a good ngo campaign. let's say you want to support one. that cost to you $7,500. the earmarks are very effective ways to give people a clear idea of what they are doing with their donation trade another great example was an $800 rpg. these are on posters. they are on finance. twitter accounts are very well known. ,hey have hundreds of thousands if not more than one million followers. there are signs posted physically and kuwait. you can go into some of the

. >>> in a desperate bid to find out how much intel snowden took, nsa officials recently floated the idea of offering edward snowden amnesty. i'd take the deal, ed. just come back with all the intel and all is forgiven. i tell you what. to make you feel safe, we'll meet you in a special amnesty zone. >> don't take the feed. >>> in sports, "monday night football" was low scoring but certainly not boring. ravens at lions. take it to the fourth quarter. lions trailing 15-10. they get six but miss a two-point conversion. lions up by one. then with seconds left, the ravens go for a 61-yard field goal. look that the puppy! justin tucker's sixth of the night. it makes it. ravens squeak out a win, 18-15 with that beauty. in control of an afc wild card berth. the lions prove they can't close, despite having a fourth quarter lead. >>> a seattle car dealership loves its seahawks so much, how much, you ask? well, they put out a bet. in the seahawks shut out the giants, $420,000 would be evenly split between 12 winners that were drawn. well, the seahawks won, 23-0. the owner saying he didn't expec

. >> in a desperate bid to find out how much intel snowden took, nsa officials floated the official ofm amnesty. i take the deal, ed. just come back with all the intel and all is forgiven. i'll tell you what, to make you feel safe, we'll meet you in a special amnesty zone. >> okay. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me now in the studio for the first look at politics is "newsday" columnist and analyst. good morning to you. >> take the deal, ed. take the deal. >> that's what i want to talk about. you know this federal judge says it's likely that what the nsa has been doing with all of that is unconstitutional. i want to read to you what the judge said. he said, "i am not convinced that the nsa's data base has ever truly served the purpose of identifying terrorists." this ruling is still pending an appeal by the government. is this in a way a vindication for snowden? >> we would not be in this court, there would not thb ruling if it were not for the leaks that came from snowden. a lot of people didn't like what he did. >> we wouldn't have ever known about this. >> bu

so, in a desperate bid to find out how much intel snowden took, nsa officials recently floated the ideaty. i would take the deal. just come back with all the intel and all is forgiven. i'll tell you what to make you feel safe we'll meet in a special amnesty zone. >> good morning. it is tuesday, december 17th. >> boy, twa

intel official anonymously, and he'd also quoted the same kind of figure. so can you give us a sense for how, the mechanics of how this money is raised? like, is somebody going door to door and asking for donations? is, are folks just writing a check to some anonymous address? i mean, how is the money actually being gathered? >> yeah. so the way i like to think about it is the solicitation for the money is public, but the way that the money's collected is often very private and very close and sometimes even in person in cash or very specific sort of controlled ways. so the way that the campaigns are solicited is very similar to something that all of us would recognize as a good ngo campaign. so let's say, you know, you want to support one mujahideen. that costs you $7,500. so these earmarks are a very effective way to give people a clear idea of what exactly they're -- [inaudible] with their donations. .. particularly at the beginning there were bank to bank transfers. those have become less common now but any beginning you would see even on twitter account

. >>> in a desperate bit to find out how much intel snowden took, nsa officials recently floated the of offering snowden amnesty. just come back with all the intel and all is forgiven. i'll tell you what, to make you feel safe we'll meet you on a special amnesty zone. >> that looks like a rat trap. anyway, time for the sideshow. that was stephen colbert last night on edward snowden who still has temporary asylum in russia. while the nsa and the white house have come out against an amnesty deal, snowden, the agency was struck a blow after u.s. district court judge approved a preliminary injunction against the surveillance program describing it as orwellian technology. more on that later in the show. and a white house meeting with white house technology ceos yet. for a look at the season of "house of cards." here's what the president had to say about that. >> i'm just wondering if we brought the advanced of "house of cards." >> you want to do a cameo? >> well, i wish things were ruthlessly efficient like that. it's true. i was looking at kevin spacey thinking man this guy's getting a l

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so, in a desperate bid to find out how much intel snowden took, nsa officials recently floated the ideaf offering edward snowden amnesty. i would take the deal. just come back with all the intel and all is forgiven. i'll tell you what to make you feel safe we'll meet in a special amnesty zone. >> good morning. it is tuesday, december 17th. >> boy, that was an amazing ruling, wasn't it? >> yes, it was. >> but the implications are pretty crazy. >> absolutely. with us on set we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle. national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and msnbc politicalo analyst john hamm monday and for bbc news world america, katty kay and jeremy peters. >> so i'm just wondering, if this -- if what the nsa did last year, what the government has been doing for some time, violates the most sacred tenets of the constitution, and as the judge said james madison would be deeply offended by what the federal government has done prying into other people's lives, does edward snowden then become a whistle blower because i don't know what the definition of whistle blower is but if somebo

intel members say the same thing. they say no evidence over a video. but rosenthal wants everybody to believe his one reporter kirkpatrick is right and all these other officialsing two branches of the u.s. government based on top intel are wrong. that's a little implausible. >> this "new york times" report is based on testimony from libyans. >> reporter: with every reason to lie. >> libyan reporters who wants stability in this country. to say this did not involved a video. facts were changing quickly every day. we have seen false news reports. but i raise the points, back in 2005, there was an article in a danish paper that led protests all over the world just like this. katie and tara good to see you both. happy new year's eve. >> reporter: new popes for a they general dairy racing champion seriously injured during a ski accident. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. ♪ protect your mouth, with fixodent. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and for

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military experts, intel experts, and others working to analyze this so what we put on the table is deadly serious, real, because these stakes are real. and we have highly qualified defense officials working with dozens of organizations in the united states, including the office of the secretary of defense, the defense security and cooperation agency, the defense threat reduction agency, darpa, which is the pentagon's research arm that created the internet, not to mention the joint staff and the united states army, navy, air force, and marines. they are all hard at work analyzing what began, frankly, back in 2011 as a culinary -- as a preliminary analysis was made, now it is becoming state of art as we ramp it up for this possibility of peace. they are all hard at work in close consultation with their idf counterparts, and we will engage in further close evaluation with every aspect and with palestinians. and with the palestinians, which is critical. we have a separate team assessing palestinian security needs in the context of statehood. we anticipate that the united states will continue to play a leading role in building, helping to build palestinian capacity, helping to build t

intel. they enthusiastically, strongly endorsed that text, that agreement. and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we've heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. the issue of who has the authority to speak for the sovereign nation of afghanistan, i suppose the lawyers can figure that out. what we would be interested in, sort has secretary of defense, is whatever document is agreed to. as you know it has to go to their department for ratification not unlike our senate and the treaty. and if it's ratified by their parliament, then whether it's the minister of defense or the president, someone who has the authority to sign on behalf of afghanistan, i suspect, i suspect that would fulfill the kind of commitment we need but i don't want to veer too much further into legal territory until i have a further understanding of what exactly the authorities are. >> thank you. so you know from our perspective as a look at the dsa, what we need to account for is the freedom of movement for military personnel, we'll have to deal to move freely in order to accomplish train, a

experts, intel experts, and others working to analyze this tiered what we put on the table is deadly serious, real, because these stakes are real. and we have highly qualified defense officials working with dozens of organizations in the united states, including the office of the secretary of defense, the defense security and cooperation agency, the defense threat reduction agency, darpa, which is the pentagon's research arm that created the internet, not to mention the joint staff and the united force,army, navy, air and marines. they are all hard at work analyzing what began, frankly, b a limoneiraas analysis was made, now it is becoming state of art as we ramp it up for this possibility of peace. they are all hard at work in close consultation with their idf counterparts, and we will engage in further close evaluation with every aspect and with palestinians. and with the palestinians, which is critical. we have a separate team assisting -- assessing palestinian security needs in the context of statehood. we anticipate that the united states will continue to play a leading role in building, helping to build palestinian capacity, helping to build their capabilities, to main