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keith alexander, the head of the nsa, one of the most powerful men in the world, a man who up until now has been content in the shadows, defending himself on video, before a crowd peppered with hecklers. >> our nation takes stopping terrorism as one of the most important things. >> freedom. >> exactly. and with that, when you think about it, how do we do that. because we stand for freedom.
keith alexander, the head of the nsa, one of the most powerful men in the world, a man who up until now has been content in the shadows, defending himself on video, before a crowd peppered with hecklers. >> our nation takes stopping terrorism as one of the most important things. >> freedom. >> exactly. and with that, when you think about it, how do we do that. because we stand for freedom.
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parse generalably keith alexander's words and somebody could argue he wasn't lying, but i would say he was definitely misleading the public on that issue. the director of national intelligence james clapper was here in march and unambiguously lied to congress. i believe he was under oath. it sets a bad precedent for the whole organization to let him keep his post. i think you should be relieved of his post for lying to congress. he could have chosen other words to say.
parse generalably keith alexander's words and somebody could argue he wasn't lying, but i would say he was definitely misleading the public on that issue. the director of national intelligence james clapper was here in march and unambiguously lied to congress. i believe he was under oath. it sets a bad precedent for the whole organization to let him keep his post. i think you should be relieved of his post for lying to congress. he could have chosen other words to say.
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parse generalably keith alexander's words and somebody could argue he wasn't lying, but i would say he definitely misleading the public on that issue. the director of national intelligence james clapper was here in march and unambiguously lied to congress. i believe he was under oath. it sets a bad precedent for the whole organization to let him keep his post. i think you should be relieved of his post for lying to congress. he could have chosen other words to say. he could've said, "i can't comment." >> could he be brought up on charges of perjury? >> if this were any american citizen or civilian, they would certainly be prosecuted for what he just did. at a minimum, he should lose his post. >> do you agree with that, commerce member conyers? >> yes, ma'am, i completely agree. i think we are now at the point of having a more honest disclosure of what is going on in our intelligence community, which we now find was very deliberately ignoring parts of the law that they knew perfectly well they were violating. a point of history, roger clemens was brought up on perjury charges for lying
parse generalably keith alexander's words and somebody could argue he wasn't lying, but i would say he definitely misleading the public on that issue. the director of national intelligence james clapper was here in march and unambiguously lied to congress. i believe he was under oath. it sets a bad precedent for the whole organization to let him keep his post. i think you should be relieved of his post for lying to congress. he could have chosen other words to say. he could've said, "i...
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i know keith alexander is now in command of the nsa. i have not been involved in classified meetings since i left four years ago. i am confident with men like general alexander involved, and given the professionals in the intelligence community i have never seen a situation where they violated for political purposes the way has happened with the irs, the authority they have. i do not know how obama deals with that. i know how we dealt with it. we were screwed us in making sure that that i our is never a group used. every once in a while, a big organization, there were problems that cropped up, but there are safeguards built into it. we have the fisa courts, the foreign intelligence surveillance act courts, that they have to sign off on these programs. before you can dig into any of those records, in terms of reading content, for example, you have to have the authorization from fisa. i know everybody is concerned about it. i understand the concerns. the last thing i would want to recommend is, well, obama might abuse the nsa authority and
i know keith alexander is now in command of the nsa. i have not been involved in classified meetings since i left four years ago. i am confident with men like general alexander involved, and given the professionals in the intelligence community i have never seen a situation where they violated for political purposes the way has happened with the irs, the authority they have. i do not know how obama deals with that. i know how we dealt with it. we were screwed us in making sure that that i our...
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itself army general keith alexander recently announced that the n.s.a. will fire a ninety percent of its system administrators in order to reduce the number of people with access to classified information most of them are contractors but again edward snowden's leaks had nothing to do with it except to speed up the application date instead we've put people in the loop of transferring data security networks and doing things that machines are probably better at doing the intent of what we're now doing is to come up with ways that limit what people can take what data they have and how we can monitor that straight from the mouth of keith alexander right now there are currently a one thousand system administrators who helped run the agency's network the end result will be a quote more defensible and secure agency. well ever heard of the saying that the best defense is a good often some companies are taking that monster to heart when it comes to digital hackers turn the channel just about any station these days and you hear about hacking from baby monitors to c
itself army general keith alexander recently announced that the n.s.a. will fire a ninety percent of its system administrators in order to reduce the number of people with access to classified information most of them are contractors but again edward snowden's leaks had nothing to do with it except to speed up the application date instead we've put people in the loop of transferring data security networks and doing things that machines are probably better at doing the intent of what we're now...
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keith alexander is again on capitol hill briefing lawmakers on why these programs must stay intact but here on capitol hill the winds are blowing in the direction of reform and some a matter of if but when and what reform will look like and how will affect the n.s.a. and the top secret files a court which means somewhere in russia edward snowden should be smiling in washington sam sachs r t. well it's thursday so it's time now for our weekly tech report and boy have we got a whopper for you it's def con we can last vegas that is one of the oldest and biggest computer hacking conventions in the entire world here anything with a circuit board or a chip or a sim card or any electronic parts whatsoever are subject to hacking this is where security researchers and cyber crack safe crackers and lockpicks and identity thieves and other additional enthusiasm gather to exchange ideas artie's own cyber guru and blake is in las vegas to bring us a preview and her what can we expect to come out of debt come this conference. thank you very much will so far if there's any indication around fifteen t
keith alexander is again on capitol hill briefing lawmakers on why these programs must stay intact but here on capitol hill the winds are blowing in the direction of reform and some a matter of if but when and what reform will look like and how will affect the n.s.a. and the top secret files a court which means somewhere in russia edward snowden should be smiling in washington sam sachs r t. well it's thursday so it's time now for our weekly tech report and boy have we got a whopper for you...
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in my new york review of books article i write about numerous times keith alexander, the director ofa, has gone out and said his agency does no surveillance of americans reed.t >> give us a couple of examples. you're saying that keith alexander has repeatedly lied. >> if you go back to a number of his speeches, he has given speeches before a number of groups and these different groups, which i discuss in the article, he is actually asked rectally about surveillance on u.s. citizens and he says, no, we don't do surveillance on u.s. citizens. what about the telephone records? if that's not surveillance, i don't know what is. then you have all of this discussion about 54 plots. the one plot they actually have discussed was the subway plot in new york where the information actually came from the british. they were the first ones to come up with the information, not the nsa. and the other one was this case were someone in san diego was detected sending $8,000 to somalia. i mean, that is their big cases? this is useless surveillance. but you can tell how congress byntually approves this pe
in my new york review of books article i write about numerous times keith alexander, the director ofa, has gone out and said his agency does no surveillance of americans reed.t >> give us a couple of examples. you're saying that keith alexander has repeatedly lied. >> if you go back to a number of his speeches, he has given speeches before a number of groups and these different groups, which i discuss in the article, he is actually asked rectally about surveillance on u.s. citizens...
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general keith alexander said in testimony before congress they had prevented dozens of terrorist plotsas going to work on it and bring some of those to the public's attention. they have not done that. there is always the question of methods and means, terrorists will find things out. i think they have to release more information about foiled plots for these very necessary programs because otherwise, it remains an distraction. >> paul: this is getting away from the administration, it seems to me and they are doing an inept job of defending what they say are essential programs. what is behind it? >> i think president obama may agree, to abuse these powers. he is not willing to go out there, we need to do this. it's very telling with the vote last week on amash with the nsa. it doesn't say anything until the night before, bedtime for us, when the press secretary of the white house please don't defund nsa because we need this. they haven't said anything about this. >> paul: it's been a debacle and jeopardizing these surveillance programs, anti-terror programs. we need more from the preside
general keith alexander said in testimony before congress they had prevented dozens of terrorist plotsas going to work on it and bring some of those to the public's attention. they have not done that. there is always the question of methods and means, terrorists will find things out. i think they have to release more information about foiled plots for these very necessary programs because otherwise, it remains an distraction. >> paul: this is getting away from the administration, it seems...
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keith alexander was asked in july about just how much the agency knows regarding the extent of the leaks> let me ask you about edward snowden. you cannot tell us what he got but do you feel now that you know what he got? >> yes. >> this latest report contradicts that claim. alexander answered the question in a more general sense, a spokesman said. more news is breaking about the scope of the nsa's surveillance of the internet, particularly u.s. networks. more unnamed government and in taligent's officials -- intelligence officials said the u.s. has the ability to monitor 75% of the domestic internet traffic here. it does this through a series of relationships with internet providers that at the request of the nsa, hand over various streams of traffic to be further reviewed using complex nsa algorithms. how these requests are handled differs between each internet provider. with some internet providers employing their own legal team to determine which data should be handed over to the nsa and which should not. often, the way these requests are handled has "has caused friction between inter
keith alexander was asked in july about just how much the agency knows regarding the extent of the leaks> let me ask you about edward snowden. you cannot tell us what he got but do you feel now that you know what he got? >> yes. >> this latest report contradicts that claim. alexander answered the question in a more general sense, a spokesman said. more news is breaking about the scope of the nsa's surveillance of the internet, particularly u.s. networks. more unnamed government...
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you know, general keith alexander, the head of the national security agency, said in testimony beforeey had prevented dozens of terrorist plots and he was going to work on it and bring some to the public's attention. they have not done that. there's always the question of methods and means. if we do that, the terrorists will find things out. i think they have to release more information about foiled plots to gain public support for these very necessary programs because otherwise it remains a destruction and opponents are exploiting that. >> this debate is getting away from the administration and they're doing a really inept job of defending what they say are essential programs. >> what's behind it? >> i think president obama might secretly agree with -- even though he's used these powers throughout the last four years to keep this country safe, he's not willing to go out there and say, we need to do this. i mean, it's very telling with that vote last week on amash's amendment to defund the nsa, that the white house didn't say anything till the night before, after bedtime for us, when
you know, general keith alexander, the head of the national security agency, said in testimony beforeey had prevented dozens of terrorist plots and he was going to work on it and bring some to the public's attention. they have not done that. there's always the question of methods and means. if we do that, the terrorists will find things out. i think they have to release more information about foiled plots to gain public support for these very necessary programs because otherwise it remains a...
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keith alexander, proud homer and head of the nsa said computers do it faster and better. and they don't have certain vulnerabilities. >> we trust people with data. at the end of the day, it's all about trust. and people who have access to data, it's part of their mission if they misuse that trust can cause huge damage. >> meanwhile, there is snowden? his escape hasn't been without obstacles. take a look. >> shoo. >> that ram is a true patriot. >> that's how i did this. yeah. that was it. >> andy, they never take the shot. computers do the job faster and better, but do they really care. >> that's the thing, i don't think that this person has seen battle star gallactica. do things better, then they go to war with you then civilization ends. >> which part of the hot blond making out with you are you forgetting? >> when she makes out with you, you lose your senses. >> go on. >> man, this studio has changed people. do you feel better now about everything. or the opposite? worse about nothing. the comments by the nsa director? >> it doesn't really make me feel better. this whol
keith alexander, proud homer and head of the nsa said computers do it faster and better. and they don't have certain vulnerabilities. >> we trust people with data. at the end of the day, it's all about trust. and people who have access to data, it's part of their mission if they misuse that trust can cause huge damage. >> meanwhile, there is snowden? his escape hasn't been without obstacles. take a look. >> shoo. >> that ram is a true patriot. >> that's how i did...
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nsa director general keith alexander defended the program at the nsa conference lvs. it was a rough crowd. >> why to congress? why have you lied to congress? >> i haven't lied to congress. >> alexander says the surveillance has helped foil terrorist activity around the world. now, the guardian newspaper which first published information through nsa contractor edward snowden is now publishing information about another program and it's called x key score and this apparently gives nsa access to virtually all internet browsing activity worldwide. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan. >>> well, ariel castro, the cleveland man who held three women captive for a decade, faces a decision today. he agreed to a deal to avoid the death penalty. his penalties kept diaries and the horrific nature of their captivity was reported. dan de-reus reports. >> reporter: they are statements of fact put out by cuyahoga county prosecutor tim mcguinty. it gives new insight as to how each girl was lured in. august 22, 2002, michelle knight was trying to get to an appoi
nsa director general keith alexander defended the program at the nsa conference lvs. it was a rough crowd. >> why to congress? why have you lied to congress? >> i haven't lied to congress. >> alexander says the surveillance has helped foil terrorist activity around the world. now, the guardian newspaper which first published information through nsa contractor edward snowden is now publishing information about another program and it's called x key score and this apparently...
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hacker conference although it happened every year this year and i say security agency director keith alexander was the keynote speaker and we're hearing the participants of the event were to say the least not happy basically the general today admitted to doing everything they can possibly get a job was exceptional you citizens talking amongst you chose it which for the rest of it will it really makes no difference whatsoever proving that there is tension between the government and the computer hacking community but it's clear for the obama administration cybersecurity is now a priority and washington liz wall. under the trial of u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning it's now into its sentencing phase it could get one hundred thirty six years behind by. as for releasing the secret documents to wiki leaks now a former u.s. brigadier general was the first witness to testify he did say that manning's revelations about what the military did in iraq and afghanistan endangered troops but did admit that no deaths resulted from those leaks after a lengthy hearing manning was found guilty on twenty ou
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director keith alexander was the keynote speaker and we're hearing the participants of the event were to say the least now i happy about alexander's presence there proving that there is tension between the government and be computer hacking community but it's clear for the obama administration cybersecurity is now a priority and washington liz wahl r.t. . all right now to the trial of u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning into its sentencing phase where he could get one hundred thirty six years behind bars for releasing secret documents to wiki leaks former u.s. brigadier general was the first witness to testify he said that manning's revelations about what the military did in iraq and afghanistan certainly did endangered troops would have made it the no deaths resulted from those leaks after a lengthy hearing on money when it was found guilty on twenty out of twenty two counts against him a large portion of them falling right under the espionage act but he was acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy one of the most shocking thing mr manning disclosed was a video sh
director keith alexander was the keynote speaker and we're hearing the participants of the event were to say the least now i happy about alexander's presence there proving that there is tension between the government and be computer hacking community but it's clear for the obama administration cybersecurity is now a priority and washington liz wahl r.t. . all right now to the trial of u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning into its sentencing phase where he could get one hundred thirty six...
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hacker conference although it happens every year this year and i say security agency director keith alexander was the keynote speaker and we're hearing the participants of the event were to say the least not happy basically the general today admitted to every scene they can possibly get. was exceptional u.s. citizens talking amongst it does it which for the rest of it will it really makes no difference whatsoever proving that there is tension between the government and the computer hacking community but it's clear for the obama administration cyber security is now a priority in washington liz wall are two. edward snowden has indeed left the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport this information being confirmed by the noise system to him and that's only saying that paperwork issued today allows him to leave while and remain in russia for up to twelve months he would get his whereabouts is unknown according to snowden wanted to quote a safe place and to remind you edward snowden is they so here old intelligence on this from north carolina who leaked details of a number of top secret sur
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hacker conference although it happens every year this year and i say security agency director keith alexander was the keynote speaker and we're hearing the participants of the event were to say the least not happy basically the general today admitted to doing everything they can possibly get. was exceptional use citizens talking amongst each as it would for the rest of it will it really makes no difference whatsoever proving that there's tension between the government and the computer hacking community but it's clear for the obama administration cybersecurity is now a priority and washington liz wall. and another whistleblower who pursued edward snowden is now waiting to see how long of a person he'll be getting of the latest on the sentencing of. bradley manning on the witness testimonies during those proceedings it's all being lifted up for you by the hour on our website r.t. dot com. the meantime on the program at today's the day after which e.u. leaders pledged to themselves to take a decision on arming the syrian rebels this unofficial deadline was set back in may when e.u. ministers led
hacker conference although it happens every year this year and i say security agency director keith alexander was the keynote speaker and we're hearing the participants of the event were to say the least not happy basically the general today admitted to doing everything they can possibly get. was exceptional use citizens talking amongst each as it would for the rest of it will it really makes no difference whatsoever proving that there's tension between the government and the computer hacking...
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hacker conference although it happens every year this year and i say security agency director keith alexander was the keynote speaker and we're hearing the participants of the event were to say the least not happy basically the general today admitted to doing everything they can possibly get a job was exceptional usages these talking amongst each as it which for the rest of it will it really makes no difference whatsoever proving that there is tension between the government and the computer hacking community but it's clear for the obama administration cybersecurity is now a priority and washington liz wall. and snowden arrived at most goes forward on june the twenty third and got stuck in the legal limbo wished. a diplomatic standoff involving numerous countries and flown this we're now joined by aussies from central moscow so you go how will they whole story affect the russian u.s. relations well from the very start of this story president putin said that russia never invited to snowden it was his own decision to come here we've just heard from presidential aide. who said he didn't think thi
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while national security secrets were leaking all over washington, general keith alexander was at a las vegas hackers convention facing down hecklers. >> we stand for freedom. >> reporter: the heckler took issue with that statement but the director fired back, saying congressional investigators have found no illegal activity by the nsa. >> that's not bull. those are facts. >> reporter: but today brought another blockbuster revelation, a still top secret nsa program leaked by edward snowden to a british newspaper that it says allows u.s. analysts to snoop on, quote, nearly everything a user does on the internet in real time. the guardian story provides a 32-page training guide, showing how the so called x key score program works, sucking up data from 150 sites around the world that can show phone calls, e-mails being written, sites being visited, words being searched. snowden discussed the surveillance program when his story erupted last month. >> i sitting at my desk certainly have the authorities to wire tap anyone. >> reporter: it was a story that brought vehement denials. >> i think
while national security secrets were leaking all over washington, general keith alexander was at a las vegas hackers convention facing down hecklers. >> we stand for freedom. >> reporter: the heckler took issue with that statement but the director fired back, saying congressional investigators have found no illegal activity by the nsa. >> that's not bull. those are facts. >> reporter: but today brought another blockbuster revelation, a still top secret nsa program leaked...
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keith alexander is again on capitol hill briefing lawmakers on why these programs must stay intact but here on capitol hill the winds are blowing in the direction of reform and some a matter of if but when and what reform will look like and how will affect the n.s.a. and the top secret far as a court which means somewhere in russia edward snowden should be smiling in washington sam sachs. and now to fort meade maryland where the sentencing phase of army private first class bradley manning's court martial continues after being found guilty of twenty charges of espionage embezzlement and theft on tuesday manning could face up to one hundred and thirty six years in prison for leaking more than seven hundred thousand classifying diplomatic cables and battleground reports to wiki leaks whether manning will serve more than a century in prison depends on if the government can prove that these cable gate leaks caused significant harm members of the military have made an argument that it did in the past take a lesson. do you think that this in danger is the lives of american troops these kind o
keith alexander is again on capitol hill briefing lawmakers on why these programs must stay intact but here on capitol hill the winds are blowing in the direction of reform and some a matter of if but when and what reform will look like and how will affect the n.s.a. and the top secret far as a court which means somewhere in russia edward snowden should be smiling in washington sam sachs. and now to fort meade maryland where the sentencing phase of army private first class bradley manning's...
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alexander about, do you have the ability to collect this kind of information. now, once you've collected it, yes, nsa has incredibly powerful tools to make sense of the data already lawfully collected. look, keith made -- general alexander made it very clear, he doesn't have the authority to do that. second, even if he or i, when i was there, directed an nsa employee to do something like that, they would reject the order. they know what is lawful and what is unlawful. >> right. and i understand what you're saying but i'm still trying to understand, when mike rogers said the technology does not exist for anyone at the nsa to flip a switch for anyone to listen to phone calls or e-mails, but you're saying they do have the ability to search to you texts and e-mails to find that crucial word, needle in the hey stack. it sounds like those two things are contradicting each other. >> no, they're not. they have the ability to search through e-mails that they have already had the authority to collect for the key words or other indicators that might lead to very, very valuable intelligence. but erin, you and your viewers need to distinguish between two things, the collection and the analysis analysis. mos
alexander about, do you have the ability to collect this kind of information. now, once you've collected it, yes, nsa has incredibly powerful tools to make sense of the data already lawfully collected. look, keith made -- general alexander made it very clear, he doesn't have the authority to do that. second, even if he or i, when i was there, directed an nsa employee to do something like that, they would reject the order. they know what is lawful and what is unlawful. >> right. and i...
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is quote overwhelmed trying to figure out exactly what edward snowden took and i say chief keith alexander was asked back in july about just how much the agency knows regarding the extent of the leaks here's what he said let me ask you about edward snowden i realize you can't tell us what he got but do you feel now that you know what he yes. now this latest report contradicts that claim and this a spokesperson said that alexander answered the question quote in a more general sense or i guess the least untruthful response meanwhile more news is breaking about the scope of the n.s.a. surveillance of the internet particularly u.s. networks more unnamed government and intelligence officials told the wall street journal that the n.s.a. has the ability to monitor seventy five percent of all the domestic internet traffic here in the united states it does this through a series of relationships with internet providers that at the request of the n.s.a. hand over various streams of traffic to be further reviewed using complex and essay algorithms now how these requests are handled differs between eac
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. >> reporter: general keith alexander, revealed a new step to crackdown, prevent computer administrator from leaking classified duments, revealing he slashing by 90% the nearly 1,000 systems administrators either employed by his agency or like snowden hired as contractors. >> what we're in the process of doing, not fastenough, reducing system by 9% for first -- 90% to make our networks more secure. >> reporter: nsa officl told fo the agency had been planning the cuts before t leaks but is now accelerating them to reduce number of outside people with access to sensitive information. nsa officls saying that move will provide quote, greater grand layerty of data access control, supported with strong crypto graphic enforcement as president obama faces new questions about how extensive nsa surveillance programs are, after new york time today reects that nsas searching contents of visit amount of americans e-mails and particular communication, not -- techs text communication. >> we can track a phone number or a e-mail address that we know is connect to some sort of ter iterrorist threat that
. >> reporter: general keith alexander, revealed a new step to crackdown, prevent computer administrator from leaking classified duments, revealing he slashing by 90% the nearly 1,000 systems administrators either employed by his agency or like snowden hired as contractors. >> what we're in the process of doing, not fastenough, reducing system by 9% for first -- 90% to make our networks more secure. >> reporter: nsa officl told fo the agency had been planning the cuts before t...
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investigation could lead to the phone records of 2 and a half million americans nsa director general keith alexanderded a hacker conference in las vegas yesterday offer ago broad defense of what the nas does and he was heckled in the process. >> why would people leabelieve haven't lied to us. >> i haven't lied to congress. >> in the men time another revelation from the guardian newspaper revealing an nsa program that track e-mails and their browsers. >> doug luzader thank you so much. >> a teen attacked by a shark in hawaii says he looked the massive animal in the eye moments before it struck. the 19-year-old was 100 feet from shore when he saw the shark's shadow below him. >> i was sitting on my board then i saw this shark come out of the water and grab my leg. then from there i just had this instinct to hit it with my left hand. >> the tiger shark thankfully let go and the man was able to paddle back to dry land. he is expected to make a full recovery. >>> it could make peanutal gees a thing of the past. they have a patch that de sense tieses those who are allergic. 3 million suffer from allergies
investigation could lead to the phone records of 2 and a half million americans nsa director general keith alexanderded a hacker conference in las vegas yesterday offer ago broad defense of what the nas does and he was heckled in the process. >> why would people leabelieve haven't lied to us. >> i haven't lied to congress. >> in the men time another revelation from the guardian newspaper revealing an nsa program that track e-mails and their browsers. >> doug luzader...
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keith alexander, proud homer and head of the nsa said computers do it faster and better. and they don't have certain vulnerabilities. >> we trust people with data. at the end of the day, it's all about trust. and people who have access to data, it's part of their mission if they misuse that trust can cause huge damage. >> meanwhile, there is snowden? his escape hasn't been without obstacles. take a look. >> shoo. >> that ram is a true patriot. >> that's how i did this. yeah. that was it. >> andy, they never take the shot. computers do the job faster and better, but do they really care. >> that's the thing, i don't think that this person has seen battle star gallactica. do things better, then they go to war with you then civilization ends. >> which part of the hot blond making out with you are you forgetting? >> when she makes out with you, you lose your senses. >> go on. >> man, this studio has changed people. do you feel better now about everything. or the opposite? worse about nothing. the comments by the nsa director? >> it doesn't really make me feel better. this whol
keith alexander, proud homer and head of the nsa said computers do it faster and better. and they don't have certain vulnerabilities. >> we trust people with data. at the end of the day, it's all about trust. and people who have access to data, it's part of their mission if they misuse that trust can cause huge damage. >> meanwhile, there is snowden? his escape hasn't been without obstacles. take a look. >> shoo. >> that ram is a true patriot. >> that's how i did...
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national security agency director keith alexander heckled. >> i don't trust you. >> i haven't lied to congress. >> reporter: while congress questions is the nsa spying on us? and who is accountable for edward snowden's leaks? >> anyone offered to resign from this? >> reporter: the administration declassified more documents in an effort to show that the surveillance is vital to national security even as a new article by glenn greenwald unveiled new information from snowden. greenwald said it proves that nsa can see everything you can do. >> with no overnight, no supervision, prior to search, enter an ip address, they can discover your internet connections. >> i sitting at my desk certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone. >> the more it sounds like hollywood the less likely it is to be true. the idea you can sit at your desk i want to wiretap joe lewis and peck at the computer and sudden lly hear my phone calls. >> reporter: the implication that nsa collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is false. the nsa says that there are multiple checks and balances to make sure its analysts
national security agency director keith alexander heckled. >> i don't trust you. >> i haven't lied to congress. >> reporter: while congress questions is the nsa spying on us? and who is accountable for edward snowden's leaks? >> anyone offered to resign from this? >> reporter: the administration declassified more documents in an effort to show that the surveillance is vital to national security even as a new article by glenn greenwald unveiled new information from...
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when keith alexander the head of the nsa was asked by mike rogers, former f.b.i. agent and chair of the house intelligence committee, do you have the ability to listen to all phone calls and read all emails? answer, no, sir, we don't have that authority. he was asked about ability. he responded about authority because he does have the ability. can they listen to everybody's phone calls. with the constitution written to prevent the government from engaging in like that. they are looking for 30 people, they need to surveil 130 million people? the only way they can pull this off is in secret. congress didn't agree with it. fewer than 20 members in congress in secret and saying those members of congress, it's against the law for you to tell anybody what we just told you. that is not a representative form of government. that is not what the constitution requires. the president knows that. >> neil: you seem you are particularly angry is your birthplace, new jersey is most inhospitable city on the planet? >> i did practice law there for a couple of years, and it's not th
when keith alexander the head of the nsa was asked by mike rogers, former f.b.i. agent and chair of the house intelligence committee, do you have the ability to listen to all phone calls and read all emails? answer, no, sir, we don't have that authority. he was asked about ability. he responded about authority because he does have the ability. can they listen to everybody's phone calls. with the constitution written to prevent the government from engaging in like that. they are looking for 30...
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. >> michael: so in june you came out with a cover story in "wired" magazine about general keith alexander's prize to powerise to power.why did you de about general alexander. >> i wrote about the expansion of the nsa including this enormous data center in utah. the next logical thing is a look at the man behind this enormous organization. at the same time look at the side of nsa which really has never been examined before. that's general alexander's new role, not only as director of the nsa, but his new role in addition commander of cybercommand. so now we have this one person who is in charge not only the largest intelligence agency in the world, but also in charge of the very organization that launches cyber wars around the world. by taking over this command he's in charge of virtually his own military. he has the army reporting i to him, the air force, and navy fleet reporting to him. this is a person in power with very few checks and balances, and someone who could walk in front of the white house on pennsylvania avenue, and not only would the tourists not recognize him, but 80% of the
. >> michael: so in june you came out with a cover story in "wired" magazine about general keith alexander's prize to powerise to power.why did you de about general alexander. >> i wrote about the expansion of the nsa including this enormous data center in utah. the next logical thing is a look at the man behind this enormous organization. at the same time look at the side of nsa which really has never been examined before. that's general alexander's new role, not only as...
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. >> sing you bring it up, nsa director keith alexander was there at the end of last month, that they complying with the law and there are appropriate checks and balances. i think it is important to understand the strict oversight that goes in on these programs. the assumption is that people are out there wheeling and dealing and nothing could be further from the truth. we have tremendous oversight and compliance with these programs. >> congressman, you are a staunch defender of these programs. it is clear that mistakes are being made and in many cases they are not reporting those mistakes. i fully disagree with what senator rand paul said. that was a grab bag coming from him. take rand paul's own numbers. it is not really true. but assume he is right for once. you jux oppose that with violations which were self reported. you are talking about 1900 of them being foreigners when they came to the u.s. it wasn't transferred over the way that it was supposed to be. the others were, records that were kept by accident. to me a scandal is somehow using force to go after them. what over mista
. >> sing you bring it up, nsa director keith alexander was there at the end of last month, that they complying with the law and there are appropriate checks and balances. i think it is important to understand the strict oversight that goes in on these programs. the assumption is that people are out there wheeling and dealing and nothing could be further from the truth. we have tremendous oversight and compliance with these programs. >> congressman, you are a staunch defender of...
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. >> well, nsa director keith alexander, he addressed these hackers, some 45 minutes.asically, a recruitment drive asking for their help. what did he say? >> he did. when you think of hackers in las vegas you don't think government officials will come through be you have to take a step back and say these are the brightest minds in the business and a lot of times they call for help. you know, a lot of folks were shocked that general alexander would actually come and show up in light of the event events with the nsa and leakings and he called on the hackers for help. listen to this. >> you're the greatest gathering of technical talent anywhere in the world. if we can make this better, the whole reason i came here was to ask you to help us make it better. and if you disagree with what we're doing, then you should help twice as much. [ inaudible ] i have. you should, too. >> you have the reactions mixed. but people did applaud him for actually coming and talking to the folks. this is a tough crowd. these are the technical people of the business and they know what they're t
. >> well, nsa director keith alexander, he addressed these hackers, some 45 minutes.asically, a recruitment drive asking for their help. what did he say? >> he did. when you think of hackers in las vegas you don't think government officials will come through be you have to take a step back and say these are the brightest minds in the business and a lot of times they call for help. you know, a lot of folks were shocked that general alexander would actually come and show up in light...
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keith alexander, the head of the nsa, one of the most powerful men in the world, a man who up until now has been content in the shadows, defending himself on video, before a crowd peppered with hecklers. >> our nation takes stopping terrorism as one of the most important things. >> freedom. >> exactly. and with that, when you think about it, how do we do that. because we stand for freedom. [ bleep ]. >> not that. but i think what you're saying is that in these cases, what's the decision, where's the discussion, and what tools should we have to stop those? >> they don't trust you. >> you lied to congress, why would we believe you're not lying to us right now. >> i haven't lied to congress. >> joining me now, a member of the senate judiciary committee, is working on legislation to revise the fisa court. what are the main approaches of this massive surveillance operation the u.s. is running. >> i supported al franken and udall on making the rules and orders and opinions on the fisa court which are disclosed. senator franken's effort on the numbers of certain kinds of invasive actions by th
keith alexander, the head of the nsa, one of the most powerful men in the world, a man who up until now has been content in the shadows, defending himself on video, before a crowd peppered with hecklers. >> our nation takes stopping terrorism as one of the most important things. >> freedom. >> exactly. and with that, when you think about it, how do we do that. because we stand for freedom. [ bleep ]. >> not that. but i think what you're saying is that in these cases,...
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just yesterday he spoke with the head of the national security agency, general keith alexander. aman? >> we're here at black hat. this is the big cybersecurity and hacker conference in las vegas. this is the first big security and hacker conference since snowden's revelations. as you can imagine, snowden is the topic in the hallways here at black cat. the head of nsa was also here today, chief alexander, giving a speech to this group. they want to reach out to the private sector, reach out to the hacker community. we caught up with him in the hallways after his speech, and we asked him what he thought should happen to edward snowden? >> do you think edward snowden should be able to come back and face charges here? >> i do. absolutely. >> what do you think will happen to him? >> that's up to our judicial process. i think he'll get justice. >> you think you want the russians to let them go? >> absolutely. absolutely. i think there is more to the story. >> just like we're talking days in which they're allowing edward snowden to stay in russia. they'll be giving him a one-year visa.
just yesterday he spoke with the head of the national security agency, general keith alexander. aman? >> we're here at black hat. this is the big cybersecurity and hacker conference in las vegas. this is the first big security and hacker conference since snowden's revelations. as you can imagine, snowden is the topic in the hallways here at black cat. the head of nsa was also here today, chief alexander, giving a speech to this group. they want to reach out to the private sector, reach...
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general keith alexander today saying they are taking this dramatic step of cutting down nearly 1,000administrators employed by his agency or hired as contractors to avoid the snowden-type access. 1,000 people. >> we don't know if that would help. the problem is we know so little about how snowden was able to throw this entire thing on its ear and contractors versus regular government employees with security clearances. we don't know that tossing out 1,000 employees will make a difference to prevent this from happening again. >> we don't know how many employees they have. >> we don't know a lot. >> we know more about the federal reserve than about this. >> what we know is that what we know today will not be true tomorrow. >>> next up, is the head of the republican party getting a little too big for his breeches on the issue of debates. he is on the show. huh...fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i
general keith alexander today saying they are taking this dramatic step of cutting down nearly 1,000administrators employed by his agency or hired as contractors to avoid the snowden-type access. 1,000 people. >> we don't know if that would help. the problem is we know so little about how snowden was able to throw this entire thing on its ear and contractors versus regular government employees with security clearances. we don't know that tossing out 1,000 employees will make a difference...
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keith alexander has world-class athletes not on the field, but not on the bench. they have not suited up because you and i have not figured out what it is we want our government to do or what it is we will let our government do. this whole snowden saying, raising the specter of an overly aggressive government and government overreach and so on is going to freeze this. so, those of you in private industry, i guess the point i really want to make to you, the next sound you hear will not be a you goal and the sound of pounding hooves as the federal calgary comes over to your cyber rescue. to the degree you have never expect that it down here in the physical domains, you're responsible for your safety appear a lot more personally, corporately, then you are down here. by the way, the snowden thing also seemed to have cleared another, i think, useful approach with regard to dealing with this domain and its inherent dangers. and that is international cooperation to create global cyber norms. his release of alleged nsa hacking of chinese computers was time to precisely a
keith alexander has world-class athletes not on the field, but not on the bench. they have not suited up because you and i have not figured out what it is we want our government to do or what it is we will let our government do. this whole snowden saying, raising the specter of an overly aggressive government and government overreach and so on is going to freeze this. so, those of you in private industry, i guess the point i really want to make to you, the next sound you hear will not be a you...
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. >> while national security secrets will leaking all over washington, general keith alexander was at las vegas hacker's convention facing down hecklers. >> we stand for freedom. >> the heckler took issue with that statement but the director fired back, saying congressional investigators have found no illegal activity by the nsa. >> that's not -- those are facts. >> another blockbuster revelation today. a still top secret nsa program leaked by edward snowden to a british newspaper that it says allows u.s. analysts to snoop on "nearly everything a user does on the internet in real time." the guardian story provides a 32-page training guide showing how the so-called ex-key score program works. update a from 15 around the world that can show phone calls, e-mails being written, sites being visited, words being searched. snowden discussed a surveillance program this extensive when his story erupted last month. >> i sit at my desk certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone. >> it was a story that brought vehement denials. >> i think he was lying. >> it wouldn't just surprise me, it wou
. >> while national security secrets will leaking all over washington, general keith alexander was at las vegas hacker's convention facing down hecklers. >> we stand for freedom. >> the heckler took issue with that statement but the director fired back, saying congressional investigators have found no illegal activity by the nsa. >> that's not -- those are facts. >> another blockbuster revelation today. a still top secret nsa program leaked by edward snowden to a...