harry reid in expressing their concerns in opposition to the patriot act senators ron wyden and mark udall for example pointed out the both the bush and obama administrations have secret interpretations of the patriot act that make it even more toxic to transparency and a mocker see but it was rand paul who spoke out the loudest ultimately rand paul was defeated and a patriot act extension was passed just before the deadline in both the house and the senate as i speak that bill is being loaded on to a military jet that can fly faster than the speed of sound over to france to be and delivered the president to sign right before the clock strikes midnight here in washington d.c. that means four more years of big brother government but i want to recognize rand paul here for a moment and share with you some of the words he had to say yesterday during debate on the floor of the somers. this is pretty pretty straightforward stuff he started out by talking about how the constitution of the united states as we stood all these years right up until nine eleven the bush hysteria the anthrax attacks ri

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and joining me is democratic senator from colorado, senator mark udall. he's also on the intelligence and armed services committee. senator, thank you for joining us again. republican senator says that she was shown this picture of a dead osama bin laden by another senator. have you seen the photograph? >> i have not seen the photograph, tamron. i would tell you i support the president's decision but i will ask that the intelligence committee have a chance to review these photographs. we can add heft to the reports that have detailed osama bin laden's death and it will add weight to spreading the word that he is in fact dead that we can turn our attention to winning the war on terror as quickly as we possibly can. also many other questions that you're raising, important questions here, that ought to be answered, including what did pakistan know. strange credulity that he was living in an area that's affluent, near the pakistan's equivalent of west point, many reteared military personnel live. pakistan has some explaining to do, in my opinion. >> i saw you

. >>> first, let me bring in senator mark udall, democrat from colorado. he was just in a special briefing given by the ci a director. he serves on the intelligence committee. senator, good evening. great to have you here. >> cenk, thanks for having me on. >> all right. how much can you tell us about that cia briefing that you just had? >> i sit on the intelligence committee and i have to -- as well as the armed services committee, i have to be careful about what i say. but i would tell you that we are hearing more of the details built general theme and narrative that the general public now has is holding fast. i anticipate that there will be more of this information released. the american public and the world can better understand the courage and the bravery of the men and women who conducted this mission. i think you will also get greater appreciation for the courage that the president showed in assuming that this was the right kind of mission and going ahead of approving this kind of an assault rather than bombing the compound or using missiles, which w

, and the senator from new mexico, senator tom udall, -- excuse me, the senator from testimony, mark udall, and the senator from rhode island, senator whitehouse, met last night to discuss this. the legal interpretation of the foreign intelligence surveillance act provisions and how these provisions are implemented. i very much appreciate the strong views that senator wyden and senator udall have in this area and believe that they are raising a serious and important point as to how exactly these authorities are carried out. i believe we are also all in agreement that these are important counterterrorism authorities and have contributed to the security of our nation. mr. wyden: mr. president, i have enormous respect for my special friend from california, the distinguished chair of the intelligence committee. i have sat next to her literally for more than a decade. we agree on virtually all of these issues, but this is an area where we have had a difference of opinion. i have said that i wouldn't support a long-term reauthorization of the patriot act without significant reforms, particularly

host: is that senator mark udall? guest: yes. host: are you in a no vote without these changes?yes. at page redact, which literally has not been formally -- at the patriot act, which literally has not been formally reviewed in a decade, is an attempt to strike that balance between security and the petite. if you continue to keep the interpretations of the law secret, that is going to undermine public confidence, that is going to undermine the opinions that american people have with respect to intelligence, and that is going to hurt our country. host: the senate intelligence chairwoman, dianne feinstein, was on the floor yesterday, and said that every national security official has come to us and said we need these provisions extended." use it on the intelligence committee. how can you vote no, given that you are included in the behind- closed-door briefing that she and you get? guest: my general sense that in each of these areas is possible to do better. and somebody said, let's just put a statue on automatic pilot, even if in the last 10 years we have seen that it is possible t

senator mark udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good afternoon to everybody iflt, too, want to associate myself with senator nelson's remarks about your leadership. i haven't forgiven you yet, senator kohl. i want that on the record. >> i have your note. >> i want to welcome our panelists. i unfortunately have to step ouflt i serve on the intelligence committee and we're having an important debate on the patriot act and its reauthorizati reauthorization. i did want to recognize the former first lady. wonderful to see you here today. ms. greenly, you were hit in pueblo last summer. you were a real crowd pleaser. i can't say the same about myself, but thank you for holding hearing with us in pueblo. i know the chairman and many members of the committee have been holding great hearingings across the kroi on the oaa. we have a great opportunity in my opinion to modernize the act for you a new and unique generation of seniors. i'm a member of the baby boom cohort. these americans, my remarks today, my people are fast approaching medicar

senator mark udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good afternoon to everybody iflt, too, want to associate myself with senator nelson's remarks about your leadership. i haven't forgiven you yet, senator kohl. i want that on the record. >> i have your note. >> i want to welcome our panelists. i unfortunately have to step ouflt i serve on the intelligence committee and we're having an important debate on the patriot act and its reauthorizati reauthorization. i did want to recognize the former first lady. wonderful to see you here today. ms. greenly, you wer hit in pueblo last summer. you were a real crowd pleaser. i can't say the same abt myself, but thank you for holding hearing with us in pueblo. i know the chairman and many members of the committee have been holding great hearingings across the kroi on the oaa. we have a great opportunity in my opinion to modernize the act for you a new and unique generation of seniors. i'm a member of the baby boom cohort. these americans, my remarks today, my people are fast apprching medicare eli

president, i filed an amendment along with my colleague from the intelligence committee, senator mark udall, and that amendment would require the attorney general to publicly disclose the united states government official interpretation of the u.s.a. patriot act. the amendment specifically states that the attorney general should not proscribe any particular -- should not describe any particular intelligence collection programs or activities but that there should be a full description of the legal interpretation and analysis necessary to understand the government's official interpretation of the law. now, this morning, senator udall and i had the help of several colleagues, senator merkley, senator tom udall, we reached an agreement with the chair of the intelligence committee, senator feinstein. she is going to be holding hearings on this issue next month. senator udall and i as members of the committee will be in a position to go into those hearings and the subsequent deliberations, be in a position to try to amend the intelligence authorization, and if we don't get results inside the comm

senator mark udall. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good afternoon to everybody iflt, too, want to associate myself with senator nelson's remarks about your leadership. i haven't forgiven you yet, senator kohl. i want that on the record. >> i have your note. >> i want to welcome our panelists. i unfortunately have to step ouflt i serve on the intelligence committee and we're having an important debate on the patriot act and its reauthorizati reauthorization. i did want to recognize the former first lady. wonderful to see you here today. ms. greenly, you were hit in pueblo last summer. you were a real crowd pleaser. i can't say the same about myself, but thank you for holding hearing with us in pueblo. i know the chairman and many members of the committee have been holding great hearingings across the kroi on the oaa. we have a great opportunity in my opinion to modernize the act for you a new and unique generation of seniors. i'm a member of the baby boom cohort. these americans, my remarks today, my people are fast approaching medicar