i think the two most recognizable figures are michael morrell -- >> who now works for you. >> who now works at the firm i am at and working at, and richard clark who was the counterterrorism adviser for clinton and for bush. and they and along with some others are charged with reviewing, essentially, the question of how to we reconcile -- how do we reconcile the tension between security and privacy and civil liberties. and so i don't know what's in their report. i expect it'll be aggressive. i expect president obama will speak to it. in a matter of weeks. and this will drive the legislative agenda at least on intelligence next year. >> great. well, let's throw it open to your questions. if you have a question, can you wait for the mic and identify yourself and raise your hand? no questions. [inaudible conversations] >> you dealt with everything. >> that's right. they're satisfied. [laughter] >> [inaudible] mike, we've talked about this before. the connect-the-dots point that you made is really interesting, and you started off your speech by saying the cia had all these functions, but

morrell, i mean, yeahe revealing, i don't think, is what is at issue. they are in a constitutional sense, something you have a right to keep private. and that's not true. i mean, the supreme court has already held that metadata is not -- you don't have a privacy right in metadata. until the day they overturn that, i understand some lower courts have gone after it lately. that is still a fair game for the government. >> they're stayed until appeal. >> the president also seemed very irritated and frustrated to me in the speech. it came across in his persona. at snowden, at russia, at china, all of whom he mentioned by name. but also at sort of at having to give this speech. and at the american people for not trusting him the way he thinks they ought to trust him, but of course, why are we going to trust him after benghazi, after the ira, after the lies on obamacare? he has created this environment out there, but he seemed a little irritated to me. >> last thing, quickly, not going to listen in on chancellor merkel's personal conversations, but not going t

bill: that is what mike morrell was suggesting in the video we just played for our viewers as well.er issue, the issue of data storage appears to be a big issue from the president. from what i read phone companies don't want anything to do with this. that would leave it in the hands i believe of the nsa. if that is the case the program doesn't change, does it? >> yeah and that is what ace important here. if the president comes out and says, hey, guys, there is no big deal, i fixed the problem, there is a danger that is illusion. they have already done this once. the last meeting at the white house where they trooped out of the white house where they said no one is spying on america or americans, because they defined the way of existing of spying. they say collecting all your records is not spying. it is spying. we can't allow the white house to be one in charge of overseeing the white house. so the nsa needs to be reviewed thoroughly by congress, around also by the supreme court. we need a further evolution of the supreme court saying what the fourth amendment protects because i thi

mike more -- mike morrell, atake all these recommendations. can form a committee and ask them to report on the efficacy of sliced bread and they will give you a list of 100 recommendations on how to improve it. martha: i believe the american people have a right to know how effective this program is. when you look at the dollars that have been spent on it. we have a 3 bullet points we'll put on the screefn what we expect, and it's not confirmed yet because they haven't given a speasm. the first one is he will extend privacy protection to non-u.s. citizens. there has been a lot of pushback in france and spain where they don't want this surveillance over their phone calls. the second would be to appoint an advocate for privacy issues for fisa. it seems like the, the fisa board's job to determine whether the evidence outweighs any privacy issue. the third one is that the data should be held by the phone companies instead this multi-billion dollar building that is built with taxpayer dollars in utah. >> the third point you raids, the idea what we a

morrell? >> we as a group -- >> i'm asking about what you said in the op ed. >> we never talked about that as a group. >> it was just your opinion. >> it was my opinion. >> general alexander testified in 2009 nsa did in fact go to the fisa court and found that it took nine days average to be able to collect the information that was necessary. are you aware of that? >> no, ma'am. >> that is according to testimony according to general allen. my time is up, is that what you're saying? would you let me finish? >> of course. >> i really appreciated. thank you. he can be very strict. fact in used after the the boston bombing. but here is the difference -- in boston they use emergency powers and were able to get information quickly. this is used to prevent an attack. itthose of us that see important to prevent another attack -- i do not need to tell you, terrorist rooms have metastasized, they will come after us if they can, there is a real with any of fact -- the question comes, do you not find subs

. >> cbs news senior security contributor michael morrell, good morning. >> good morning. >> how dangerousthe olympics are? >> so i think these, charlie, with the most dangerous olympics that i've experienced in my adult life. >> because? >> because you have a capable, dedicated, determined terrorist group that has been around for a long time, that recently conducted two attacks in russia, who say that they want to attack during the games. >> so what would you worry about most? >> so i would worry about most a venue away from the olympics. with 40,000 russian security personnel at the olympics, i think the venue itself is fairly safe. i'd worry about airports elsewhere in russia. i'd worry about western hotels elsewhere in russia. that's where i'd put my focus. >> the state department has issued a travel alert for americans traveling there. if there are americans going there, have friends, relatives, what would your advice be? >> i would go. i would take my family. i would be very careful. i'd be very aware of my surroundings. if somebody put a package down or a backpack down, i would walk

days ago, these included the former chief of counter terrorism in the white house, richard clark, morrell, the former head of cia, another person who was actually the one who hired jeffrey stone, who hired obama as a law profess auerbach at chicago -- >> the university of chicago. >> that he should end the bulk collection. he overruled that judge. he's being cruxed b corrupted bs office. -- >> you think the president of the united states is taking action because he thinks he needs to protect the country? >> he needs to say this he refuse today give them the information. in fact, he may not have known no detail. i don't think the nsa has been terribly forthcoming from all that we have heard about the president about whether they broke the law, it took fisa court judge to his report in their limited ability, and they do not have the technical capability to investigate that i have recommended here on the basis of kirk's recommendations. what i am saying is it a sad situation that it takes a 2090-year-old of great intelligence and great conscious and great patriotism to take his life in his h