. >>> nsa director general keith alexander made an emergency visit to capitol hill urging lawmakers to reject an amendment to a defense bill to end the phone records program. the obama administration is warning the nation would be at risk of more terrorism if it stops the nsa's massive collection of personal phone records. >>> former new york congressman anthony weiner is apologizing again for sending more explicit photos and messages. this time, he says he is refusing to quit in his race for mayor. >> there is no question that what i did is wrong. >> i have forgiven him. i believe in him. and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward. >> weiner reportedly promised a

in new york i'd like to go back to you and say director general keith alexander says his agency is incapable of determining how many americans have their calls and e-mails invaded by the agency without warrants i mean isn't do you find that troublesome i mean here's the head of this agency and he can't tell you you know the ease dropping without warrants i mean shouldn't he know that ideally sure it would be nice for him to know that it's a number so that he has you know that i think you know where it's so big i mean i don't know maybe it's too again we can speculate everyone from their own bias can speculate in their favor as jim just said you know we don't really know if the government is listening on everybody's phone calls by that by that same logic though i can't say you don't know if the government has foiled fifty major attempts to have dirty bombs go off in major cities and if it weren't for this program we would have dirty bombs going off everywhere in major american cities so this this logic of saying well because we don't know we're going to assume the worst can work both ways ok

the head of the national security agency, general keith alexander, calls the damage irresponsible and irreversible. catherine herridge is live in colorado. >> fox news is here and participating in the security for you. which brings together the nation's top officials in national security and experts in the private sector, and i am joined by the former homeland secretary michael chertoff, and could we start with the news of the day. what are the homeland security implications to the detroit bankruptcy filing? it may not be as obvious to the average person. >> sure. detroit is a border. it's on the border with canada. and there's a lot of traffic there. of course, detroit was the airport in which the infamous underwear bomber was going to land. so anytime you look at detroit you see a potential security vulnerability and with an impact on local police and services there have to be plans in place to pick up the slack that might involve the governor engageing g the national guard. or federal assistance. >> let's talk about the nsa. we heard from the director, general keith alexander, for

nsa director keith alexander met with lawmakers behind closed doors tuesday urging them to vote no. >> i think it's important for the defense of our country. >> reporter: lawmakers who serve on the intelligence committees have known about the scope of the surveillance programs for years and many are strongly defending them. maryland democrat dutch runnersberger says it's vital too catching terrorists. >> i definitely feel the amendment would hurt our national security and subject us to terrorist attacks. >> reporter: the white house is also urging lawmakers to vote no on the amendment saying it would dismantle the nation's intelligence community. on capitol hill, danielle nottingham, kpix 5. >> the white house has asked russian authorities for clarity on snowden's status. the administration wants snowden back in the u.s. to face espionage charges. >>> former congressman anthony weiner is back on the campaign trail a day after he apologized for his latest "sexting" scandal. reporters swarmed him as he stepped out of his apartment a few hours ago. the "new york times" and the "daily new

that was nsa director keith alexander.ys leaks about the american government surveillance programs put the american people at risk. my next guest, glenn greenwald, broke the story for "the guardian." how are you? >> doing well. >> what is your reaction to what director keith alexander said? >> every single time government officials try and do things and hide it from the american people and get caught doing what they're doing, they do the same thing. they scream the word terrorism over and over in the hope that people will get scared. it's just pure fear mongering, and agree that they should be able to do whatever they want. the reality is that nothing we expose informed the terrorists of anything. the spying we exposed had nothing to do with terrorism. it was bulk collecting phone records, chats, e-mails of american, the american people indiscriminately. the on the thing we informed anybody of was not the terrorists but the american people that the spying apparatus built in the dark is aimed at them. >> why did he leave th

put out there about how the nsa tracks terrorists and edward snowden tracks everyday americans, keith alexanderng the terrorists are already adapting. i did not talk to general alexander but a number of other people who know how this stu works, there's already evidence the terrorists are starting to communicate in different ways or the people tracking have gone dark because they think they're being tracked. he's saying americans are less safe because of the leaks and the problem is, it's hard to quantify that but he makes a passionate case this is damaging to national security, damaging for efforts to protect all americans. this aspen security forum is dominated by the debate, privacy versus the surveillance programs. >> at the forum did you get the focus is shifting slightly away from trying to just track down snowden and find out what he was leaking and more trying to find a way to fix the system that allowed the leak in the first place. >> tracking down snowden is left to the executive branch, the justice department, state department and the president of the united states. when 2 comes to na

director general keith alexander visited new zealand right after the legal spying by the g.c. s.p.d. in my case became known and during his stay here in new zealand he brainstormed with the g.'s years b. what to do about the scandal i assume that only an american general could have had the idea to push for new spy legislation granting incredible new powers to the g.c.'s be under such circumstances. but it turns out that america's surveillance agency is not as almighty as it seems you can find out why the n.s.a. which is green like to spy on the whole world can track what is actually happening in his own backyard all of r.t. dot com. was online officially wanted moscow's issued an international arrest warrant for fugitive boss of the late order to set again magnitsky who died in jail provoking the wrath of human rights groups worldwide. first things first the syrian national coalition leadership is expected to talk arms shipments with the u.s. secretary of state on thursday and discuss matters of peace with the u.n. only the next day that's as the world body secretary-general b

in new york i'd like to go back to you and say director general keith alexander says his agency is incapable of determining how many americans have their calls and e-mails invaded by the agency without warrants i mean isn't do you find that troublesome i mean here's the head of this agency and he can't tell you you know the ease dropping without warrants i mean shouldn't he know that ideally sure it would be nice for him to know there is a number so he has just i think you know where it's so big i mean i don't know maybe it's too again we can speculate everyone from their own bias can speculate in their favor as jim just said you know we don't really know if the government is listening on everybody's phone calls by that by that same logic though i could say you don't know if the government has foiled fifty major attempts to have dirty bombs go off in major cities and if it weren't for this program we would have dirty bombs going off everywhere in major american cities so this this logic of saying well because we don't know we're going to assume the worst can work both ways ok jim but that's

chief keith alexander has led the campaign to preserve the n.s.a.'s powers. intelligence committee leaders from both parties agree it's crucial to keep collect so- called metadata, information detailing what numbers are dialed and how long the calls last. but a privacy-minded coalition of liberals and conservatives want the government to back off. jason chaipens is a republican from utah. >> if there's cause, great, let's go ahead and track you. but if there's not cause, if you're an american going about your own business, you should not be tracked by your federal government. >> reporter: late today the amendment was defeated. meaning the n.s.a. data collection powers remain unchanged. there is significant support for curbing the powers n.s.a., but i have to say, scott, this is somewhat academic because even if the measure passes the house it's not likely to gain senate approval. >> pelley: thank you very much, bob. the pope has a message for brazil's catholics. a future king gets a visit from the reigning queen. and this little boy has friends in high places

director general keith alexander visited new zealand right after the legal spying by the g.c.'s be in my case it became known and during his stay here in new zealand he brainstormed with the g.c.'s b. what to do about the scandal i assume that only an american general could have had the idea to push for new spy legislation granting incredible new powers to the g.c.'s be under such circumstances. the death toll in iraq this month alone has reportedly reached a staggering seven hundred fifty nine people after a new wave of violence claimed dozens of lives across the country this comes as interpol issued an alert after al qaeda freed some five hundred of its members in attacks on iraqi prisons in a statement the organization said that most of those who escaped senior members and pose an international threat let's discuss this now with political analyst patrick henderson first of all patrick the figures the death toll is over this certainly the last few months is pretty grim reading isn't it why is the country going through such a violent period now. but i think iraq at the moment

start to filter out in european newspapers in journals as it is in america about somehow this man keith alexander the head of the national security agency and what a heroic figure he is as regards the nato operations in afghanistan and iraq which is the real basis of the snowden allegations of how some of this and they say spying help saves lives and doesn't actually destroy them. don't you feel the questions of the snowden's state is distracting the public from his revelations. precisely and that's why it was interesting that the washington post did start talking about how the n.s.a. doing their own propaganda efforts leaking selectively to their favorite members of the press not matthew levy a courageous a.p. man who always grills the state department of their press conferences you know the washington post had this piece saying that while snowden talks about a full veil and state in effect what the n.s.a. managed to do is to stop. on the roadside bombs in iraq and perhaps in afghanistan and we know that in the case of iraq it was american taxpayer money bribing laughing groups that despise amer

steve general keith alexander to meet with members on the hill last night to urge a no vote seems to have worked but just barely the amendment was defeated by a razor thin margin of two seventeen to two o five it was the first time that members of congress were put on record forced to take a position on the n.s.a.'s massive dragnet of american citizens since it was revealed by edward snowden and we learned that congress at least the house of representatives is pretty much split on the issue and they may have to take it up again as today congressman rush holt introduced the surveillance state repeal act which repealed both the patriot act and the fies amendments act two laws that underpin the n.s.a.'s domestic surveillance operations so while the white house hope to these efforts against the n.s.a. ended today with the defeat of this amendment it's clear that a new coalition of lawmakers united against the n.s.a.'s domestic spying has other plans and now as the fallout from edward snowden leaks reaches the floor of the house of representatives there's news out of moscow regarding the

s chief keep it and it's a steep keith alexander met with members on the hill to urge a no vote and the white house released this statement saying quote we oppose the current effort in the house to hastily dismantle one of our intelligence communities counterterrorism tools this blunt approach is not the product of an informed open or deliberative process we are to the house to reject the a mosh amendment despite the pressures this vote will mark the very first time members of congress will have a chance to go on record either supporting or rejecting the n.s.a.'s mass dragnet on american citizens. now moving on to the latest efforts on capitol hill to close the detention facility at guantanamo bay while some reports indicate that a hunger strike there which has now lasted nearly six months is starting to slow down some members of the senate aren't ready to give up on closing gitmo so what the senate judiciary committee held a hearing this afternoon on closing of sylvie and what implications that might have on our national security and our record of human rights you know i was archie web

director general keith alexander visited new zealand right after the legal spying by the g.c. s.p.d. in my case became known and during his stay here in new zealand he brainstormed with the g.'s years b. what to do about the scandal i assume that only an american general could have had the idea to push for new spy legislation granting incredible new powers to the g.c.'s be under such circumstances. it turns out that the american surveillance agency is not. as it seems from what you know which is really to spy on the whole world called track what is actually happening in its own backyard. first things first the syrian national coalition leadership is expected to talk with the u.s. secretary of state on thursday and discuss matters of peace with the u.n. the next day well that says the world body secretary-general ban ki moon put the death toll from the civil war to more than one hundred thousand. it's no secret that the syrian opposition wants to receive the weapons and military aid that the obama administration has promised to provide to rebels fighting against president basha

commission that have been treated that well either but certainly they want to see edward snowden and keith alexander the head of the national security agency to give testimony in brussels or strasburg as to what the spiny jackley was against european politicians and officials well you know while we are still waiting for edward snowden to step out of the airport i just want to ask you one more question how public do you think he can go after he adds and that's the war given that he did promise that he will not going to make any revelations that will harm the russian u.s. relationship. well i think he will probably abide by that i certainly think and hope the obama administration abides by national sovereignty laws and doesn't use its undoubted secret agents that are walking around the streets of those goods day to dry and apprehend him i'm sure mr obama won't be doing something like that he usually does that in developing nations like pakistan and afghanistan or of course uses drones to assassinate his jaw gets whereas mr snowden's case i hope he'll be protected by old sides and that u.s. diplomatic

chief keith alexander met with members on the hill to urge a no vote and the white house released this statement saying quote we oppose the current efforts in the house to hastily dismantle one of our intelligence community's counterterrorism tools this blunt approach is not the product of an informed open or deliberative process we urge the house to reject the a mosh amendment now despite the pressures this vote will mark the very first time members of congress will have a chance to go on record either supporting or rejecting the n.s.a.'s mass dragnet on american citizens and now as the fallout from edward snowden's leaks reaches the floor of the house of representatives there's news out of moscow regarding the fate of the leaker himself today snowden's lawyer in italy koocher arena visited his client that moscow airport transit zone that's been snowden's home for a month now and he happened to be carrying with him travel documents that could allow snowden to finally leave the airport very soon for the latest here's artie's paul scott. edward snowden remains here. he remains in the tr

>> with a defensive mode rehab left up to keith alexander the director of the national security agenion to be the spokesperson for the administrati has ae policy issue and they shed be discussing why it is necessary in the people'seopl inrest to remind them in thatialogue of the threat we have hadea from china thatfrm is prolific andry extraordinary in terms of their reach iside this country. we do not collect on china's technology but intelligence that is of a value to us.og the steel technology and intellectual property but the play deals are made andrs what acquisitions or mergers so it is the advantage to them obviously. lou: one of the questions is of the american people why is there so little attentionle to what general alexander himself has referred to with those cyberattacks againstot the united states, hegove phrased it as one of the greatest wealth transfers in history and he continues. we do not hear from thero chamber of commerce or the national association of nufacturers, we do notasso hearfrom the think tank.ce this is a peculiar silence t considering we aresi confronting

. >> general keith alexander, he has been in the news for a number of other reasons lately.exact figure is it is big. we need to do something about it. dagen: that was admiral dennis blair on markets now last week. >> the affect of 300. billion dollars annually. that is just one statistic cited at this hearing. one analyst says one culprit stands above the others. >> make clean energy tech knowledge he a priority. the next thing that happened was the clean energy companies became targets. >> lawmakers are debating a handful of responses. it would allow the government to block imports that feature stolen u.s. intellectual property. still, much of the burden falls on the private sector. both companies are falling victims. their performance varies this is likely to be a high-level topic this week as the dialogue between the united states and china begins here in washington. treasury secretary jack lew is hosting the primary chinese host for dinner. connell: rich, thank you. dagen: new reports that the white house is looking to get our troops out of afghanistan sooner than origi

chief keith alexander is also coming up to the hill to lobby members of congress in the house intelligence committee to vote against this to say that defunding this is section two fifteen surveillance program is is unwise you kind of see this battle taking place right here on the hill already now sam just how much support is there for the amendment and if it passes what happened. well interesting story here is it wasn't believe that this amendment would even get a chance for a vote on the floor but really the leadership in the house the republican leadership was forced into it congressman amash had people by his side who promised that they would vote down the rule to even consider the bill if this amendment isn't allowed on the floor so there is some support from it also this bill has co-sponsors. this meant sees me as co-sponsors from the progressive caucus like congressman john conyers and congressman jared polis but it still has a long way to go with you think about it you're looking at the far left wings of congress and the far right wings of congress joining together to do something a

they haven't gotten the full spectrum of the information that they wanted we have we did see keith alexander testify about metadata about all these things we have seen some disclosures but overall the short answer is them and they certainly aren't alone no ten privacy regulators from around the world including canada australia and a european commission also asked google for more information so it's getting international attention and international questions do you think that we're going to have more of this in the future absolutely i mean one of the main things and i think the been widely talked about is the debate that has been created due to all of these disclosures especially when it comes to google when it comes to the way your information is gathered our information is gathered so it's definitely not going to stop anytime soon. producer thank you so much for weighing in on today's time rock yes absolutely. well what is better than twenty twenty vision one innovator thinks that he may have the answer to that very question with a new pair of goggles the three sixty's specs are and i wear

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want to move on to your latest articles where you write about the current nsa director general keith alexanderdoes alexander stand in the spell against hierarchy and what changes has he overseen in the nsa since he took command. >> i've never seen anyone ride so high in the intelligence community before. i think general alexander the head of nsa's most powerful person in the haste history of american intelligence, and the reason for that is because he not only controls the biggest intelligence and most secret intelligence agency in the nsa. he now has been elevated to the highest rank in the military, a four-star general and he's in charge of a new command, a very vietnam.secret command. and under that command he could launch a war, a cyberwar to get into a regular fighting war. in addition to that he's got now three branches of the military under him. he's got the second army, the 24th air force and the 10th navy fleet. this is the most powerful person in the history of the american intelligence community. as you mentioned most people would never recognize his face or his name if he walked do

keith alexander personally lobbied house members, reportedly calling their cell phones and opening withoke, yes, i already have your number. muchreceived twice as campaign financing from the defense industry as those who voted against it. an analysis from maplight shows that defense cash was a better predictor of votes than party affiliation. the father of edward snowden, lon snowden, disagrees that the program that is some late are crucial for national security. >> i absolutely do not agree with that. certainly, we have the need for a strong intelligence community and conventional defense, but many of those people who would suggest that we must find these obscenely expensive programs that drive the massive private -- profits for companies like booz allen hamilton, and the turn of group, for which michael hayden is a principle, it is all about the money. if you look at the concerted effort by many of these congressmen, the peter king's of the world, michele bachmann, to demonize my son come into focus the issue on my son and not talk about the fact that they had a responsibility to insu

>> reporter: we hoped the current director of the national security agency, general keith alexander would declined requests to sit down for an interview, we stopped by the offices of a washington thinktank, where alexander was speaking at a cyber security event. will the utah data center hold the data of american citizens? >> no, we don't hold data on u.s. citizens. they take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing they do in securing in nation and so when people just oh, they'll have all this stuff at utah data center, that's ballo ballo that's baloney. i'm not going to tell you what we're doing in utah. that would give our adversaries an advantage. we're not going to do that. >> reporter: this is about the possibility that the government's stunning new capacity to collect, store, and an l analyze data will tempt less than noble leaders. >> it could become a totalitarian state quickly. the capacity to do that is being set up. if we get the wrong person in office or in the government, they could make that happen quickly. life, liberty and the pursuit of hap

nsa director general keith alexander meeting privately with republicans and democrats to voice his oppositiono the amendment that would see to rollback section 215 of the patriot act. thats he program uncovered by edward snowdon or at least one of them. e one that collects the phone records of millions of americans to protect against terrori. the measure which is being sponsored by replican congressman just in a mosh i expected to be vot on later this week also on capitol hill, lawmars ramping up pressure on house leaders to allow a vot on legislation that would create a special committee to investigate the terrorist attack in benghazi republican congressman steve stockman is circulating a discharge petition that would rce a vote if 218 members of the house sign-on. to promote that effort he held an event where he rolled out a 60-foot long scroll signed by 1,000 special operations veteran some who supporthe establishment of that select coittee. joining us now to assess the impact of arming the syrian rebels, otherational security issues facing the nation, former pentagon official, fox these n

we heard from the head of the nsa, general keith alexander. nsa leaks has been substantial and also irreversible and he made the case that the leaks have allowed the terrorists to get a playbook if you will to see how we run u.s. surveillance and in the end they're changing their tactics. >> we have concrete proof that they have already, terrorist groups and others are taking action, making changes and it's going to make our job tougher. >> reporter: we also learned new information from general alexander about nsa leaker edward snowedden. it has been previously reported that a he was a systems administrator and contractor for booz allen hamilton. we know more details about his job. one of his responsibilities was to move large amounts data between the network systems to help facilitate sharing intelligence. that is one of the reasons he was able to get access to classified documents that virtually touched every element of the u.s. intelligence community. we also heard from a former director of national intelligence, a former head of the nation

nsa director keith alexander was on capitol hill tuesday trying to convince lawmakers to vote againstt. >>> the house is also expected to vote on two amendments blocking funding for syria and egypt to give any money or weapons to the rebels. >> in the meantime, egypt still on edge, as it has been since mohamed morsi was ousted as president. a dozen people, including 11 police officers were injured in the latest violence. the result of a bomb explosion near a police station near cairo. dozens of people have been killed, thousands injured since morsi was forced out by egypt's military july 3rd. >>> we are learning now that three u.s. soldiers were among the eight killed as afghan and u.s. soldiers were on joint patrol near the main highway tleegd kabul. at least three more americans were wounded in that blast. >>> pope francis continuing his trip to brazil. increased security for security. his motorcade was interrupted a couple times. today, francis will visit a catholic shrine and a hospital that serves drug addicts. later this week, the pope is going to hold two masses each drawing mo

they lifted up to general keith alexander, the director of the national security agency to be the spokesperson for the investigation. these are really policy issues. the administration should be discussing our policy and why it is important and necessary and in the people's interest and reminding him in that dialogue of the threat that we have had from china, which has been prolific and extraordinary in terms of its reach inside this country. we do not collect on chinese technology. we collect on intelligence from china that is of value to us. they steal our technology. this dealer intellectual property. they also are all over our financial industry in terms of what deals are being made, acquisitions and mergers so they can invest in those deals with an advantage to them, obviously. lou: one of the questions as to be for the american people, why is there so little attention to what general alexander himself as referred to -- those chinese cyber attacks against the united states, both in the private sector and against the government. he phrased it as the greatest wealth transfer in history. and

>> the current director of the national security agency general keith alexander.decline declined requestst down with us for an interview we stopped by the office of a washington think tank where he was speaking at an event. >> will it hold the data of american citizens? >> no, we don't hold data on u.s. citizens. the people there at nsa. they take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing they do in securing this nation. and so when people just throw out they will have all this stuff at utah data center that is baloney. i will not say here is what we are doing at utah. that would be ridiculous, too, because it would give our adversaries a tremendous advantage and we are not going to do that. >> binney says this is not about the character of the former nsa colleagues. it the about the possibility of the government's stunning encompass at this time collect store and analyze data will tempt less than noble leaders if not know than in the future. >> really a turnkey situation where it could be turned quickly and become a totalitarian stat

electronic communications and collect and store data, they were in private meetings with general keith alexanderhe told reporters he wanted to give facts about the program and help inform the debate. one amendment considered would cut money to the nsa for surveillance of phone records. >> debate comes down to whether we want to allow the nsa to collect the records or deny funding to do so. >> reporter: 100 amendments are considered with $512 billion defense spending bill. another republican says a bill to fund the military isn't the time for the fight. >> to try to change these on a dod appropriations bill where we can't legislate isn't the right way to go about fixing something that's broken. >> reporter: senior gop member of the house intelligence committee says this is dangerous. >> i would argue to my colleagues that would support that amendment that this in fact makes america less safe. the risk is in heat of the conversation you let slip things that shouldn't be talked about. >> reporter: senator ron wyden, member of the intelligence committee, warned all will live to regret it if lawmaker

the guy in charge of all of this, general keith alexander, head of the nsa and u.s. cybercommand will not be there. instead, he'll be give a speech in las vegas against a much more hostile crowd at the black hat hacker conference. in a separate bit of news, a federal appeals court has ruled police do not need a warrant to get information about where you've been based on cell phone records. in a written opinion, the judges point out most americans should understand cell phones ping a tower if they don't want to be found they shouldn't carry a cell phone. the ruling in california does not have a direct affect on us. the 9th can come up with a different ruling if it wanted to. several states have made the point moot with special privacy laws protecting cell phone record. there was a law written by mark leno, passed the california state house but vetoed by governor brown. whether police need a warrant in california for your cell phone records is still really fuzzy. >> i bet. thanks. >>> right now, speaking of fuzzy, christina loren not you, but the weather outside a litt

. >>> nsa director general keith alexander made an emergency visit to capitol hill urging lawmakers to reject an amendment to a defense bill to end the phone records program. the obama administration is warning the nation would be at risk of more terrorism if it stops the nsa's massive collection of personal phone records. >>> former new york congressman anthony weiner is apologizing again for sending more explicit photos and messages. this time, he says he is refusing to quit in his race for mayor. >> there is no question that what i did is wrong. >> i have forgiven him. i believe in him. and as we have said from the beginning, we are moving forward. >> weiner reportedly promised a 22-year-old woman a job at a political website and a chicago condo where they could meet and have sex. we have seen this before. he resigned his house seat in 2011 after apologizing for sending explicit photos and x- rated chats. >>> oakland's police chief explains why his department was caught off guard when protestors reacted to the george zimmerman acquittal earlier this month. chief sean whent told the

globally and there was an article just this morning in the "washington post" that reported that keith alexander in the iraq war was a phrase "collect it all," aimed at people in iraq in a war and that is the approach that has now been transplanted to u.s. soil, collect it all, every phone call and e-mail activity that people have with one another. we ought to be debating it and having transparency of it. that's the substance of the story. >> glenn greenwald, thank you so much for your time as always. >> coming up next, hostess is calling it the sweetest come back in the history of -- twinkies. what they're not telling you about the return of the next twinkie, it's not many same frosting filled sponge cake you're used to eating. we'll tell up what's different this time around coming up next. we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you qualify, your rates won't go up due to your first accident. because making mistakes is only human, and so are we. we also offer new car replacement, so if you total your new car, we'll g

nsa chief general keith alexander said the agency has developed a two-man rule requiring to systems administrators to work simultaneously in order to access key information. during remarks at the aspen security forum in colorado, general alexander also discuss the obama administrations to element of cyber weapons, saying roughly 4000 people in pentagon units were assigned to conduct cyber offense and defense. alexander also suggested for the first time that president obama had raised questions early in his tenure about the number of "mistakes" resulting in what alexander friend is the accidental collection of data about u.s. citizens. when asked about the impact of the leagues that about how the nsa conduct surveillance on communications both at home and abroad, alexander condemned them in harsh terms. >> i think it is significant and a reversible damage to our nation, and we have got to be clear on that. the purpose of these programs and the reason we use secrecy is not to hide it from the american people, not to hide it from you, but to hide it from those who walk among you who are trying to kil

keith alexander was dispatched to the hill yesterday. clapper the director of national intelligence today said the measure risked dismantling an important tool. the white house released a statement urging the house to reject it. that is what this amendment was up against, pretty much no one in the top washington power bracket from either side of the political aisle wanted to be debating this thing. it's support was also bipartisan. the bipartisan coalition got their debate and their vote. opponents of this amendment will use the same tactic that every government in history has used to justify its violation of rights. fear, passing this amendment takes us back to september 10th. metadata sounds scary, it's nothing more than an excel spreadsheet with five columns. no administration should be permitted to operate above or beyond the law as they have dn in this respect. general warren's writs of assistance, that's what we're looking at. >> ben franklin said they who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neithe

. >> the head of the nsa general keith alexander today revealed the type of surveillance gathered. >>nclude your phone calls or mine. your emails, nor mine. your sms messages. there is no content. there are no names in the database. no address, no credit card numbers. >> alexander also said the fiz is a court, that special security court does not rubber stamp any decisions, shep. >> shepard: steve, the nsa reportedly has a tool that collects almost every single thing we do on 00 internet. that's according to the guardian newspaper which broke the story of the surveillance leaks in the first place. it reports documents back up ed snowden's claim that he could wiretap anybody from his desk at the nsa, even the president. these documents back that up, despite the fact that they told us emphatically that that was a lie. in fact, tonight, the top republican and democrat on the house intelligence committee are denying that. they insist the program targets only terror suspects overseas, not americans. bradley manning's sentencing hearing kicked off today. the army private facing more than 10

. >> reporter: keith alexander told the aspen security forum the fallout from the leaks is substantial>> we have concrete proof that they have already, terrorists groups and others are taking aspen and making changes and it's going to make our job tougher. >> reporter: for the first time, alexander publiclily explained why eric snowden had so much information. snowden asylum request the state department tried to play down reports that secretary of state kerry threatened russia's foreign minister. >> in this case the character of their conversation is completely false. >> reporter: as a bipartisan resolution was introduced by chuck schumer and republican lindsey graham, calling on russia to send snowden to the u.s. for trial. they say it provides a road map. >> here is our playbook and perhaps if you tried a different method, you'd be successful and that is just plain crazy. >> reporter: the former head of the national counterterrific center, the nation's hub for threat analysis, described a different kind of fallout, one that reinforces a few that the intelligence community cannot keep

obama administration deployed a lobbying effort to reject the bill, sending nsa director general keith alexandero meet with lawmakers. in a separate vote, the house rejected a measure that would have blocked funding for perpetual war under the 2001 act authorizing the so-called war on terror. the national security agency whistleblower edward snowden remains at a moscow airport despite initial reports he had been granted permission to leave. he applied for temporary asylum in russia last week, after the obama administration revoked his passport, leaving him unable to travel to latin america where he is received offers of asylum. russian authorities have granted snowden provisional authorization to enter russia while his bid is reviewed, but he's said to remain at the airport because the actual travel documents haven't been delivered. in washington, state department confirmed as secretary of state john kerry telephoned the russian foreign minister on wednesday shortly after news broke of spence temporary asylum in russia. >> he reiterated our belief, which we have stated publicly and privately, th