it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million

mr. leahy, how voluminous are her papers? and what is the broad scope of what we can learn about this woman and the white house from them? >> well, her papers are very voluminous. there are two major collections. one at the sterling library at yale university and the other major collection at the college of william and mary. and we can learn pretty much everything about her life from the time that she marries john tyler in 1844 until just about the time that she dies in 1889. these are very rich source that cover every aspect of her life and her children's lives. >> we have been spending the past 45 minutes or so trying to paint a portrait of her. what does it feel like this added to that from her work with your papers? >> well, you know, i think that history tends to remember julia for the frivolity and the fact she was a young first lady for the first eight months but i think that obscures her true character. remember, she lived 27 years after her husband died so she had another life, literally another life after her husban

it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million phone records. multiply that times seven years. what has been described as a discrete program, to go after people who would cause us harm, when you look at the reach of this program, it envelops a substantial number of americans. can somebody help me with the math here question mark have i missed something along the way can someone help me with the math here? have i missed something along the way? >> i would be happy to follow up in any detail that you'd like. first and foremost, analysts are charged with providing information that is useful. in that regard, they try to be judicious about choosing when to do a second or third hop. those are always exercised. they do not always exercise a second half for all numbers provided by the first top. th

leahy. senator feinstein and i might have some overlap in our purchase. i will be happy to work with her. i like to focus my questions on transparency. after mr. snowden's

. >> leahy: who double- checked mr. snowden? >> inglis: well, there are checks at multiple levels. of what an individual might be doing at any moment in time. there are. >> leahy: they obviously failed. >> inglis: in this case i think we can say that they failed, but we don't yet know where. the senate intelligence committee was not ready for excuses. >> we had a huge security breach, i think we'll all agree, committed by edward snowden. and a few years ago bradley manning downloaded hundreds of thousands of classified and sensitive documents, passed them on to wikileaks. now, if two data breaches of this magnitude occurred in the private sector, somebody would have been held accountable by now. just minutes before the hearing: what you might call an official leak from the white house. a declassified document describing the demand for cell phone records from verizon. widespread surveillance is necessary to connect the dots and track down terrorists. privacy advocate ron wyden >> " the bulk collection of hundreds of millions of phone call records on law- abiding americans is a very s

it may include chairman leahy. mr. jennifer, of the aclu, will testify and speculate later that if i had 40 contacts, that would mean that for my name, you would accumulate 2 million phone records. 2 million. for one inquiry. multiply that by 300. we're talking about 600 million phone records. multiply that times seven years. what has been described as a discrete program, to go after people who would cause us harm, when you look at the reach of this program, it envelops a substantial number of americans. can somebody help me with the math here question mark have i missed something along the way can someone help me with the math here? have i missed something along the way? >> i would be happy to follow up in any detail that you'd like. first and foremost, analysts are charged with providing information that is useful. in that regard, they try to be judicious about choosing when to do a second or third hop. those are always exercised. they do not always exercise a second half for all numbers provided by the first top. th

senator patrick leahy chairs the committee through which u.s. funds for egypt must flow. unless mr. obama can convince the senate otherwise aid to egypt will halt. that threatens the strategic partnership in effect since the historic 1979 camp david peace accord. before last week's crackdown the obama administration urged egypt's military to allow the pro-morsi street protests to continue. this alarmed allies like saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and jordan. they sent emmasarys. their reasoning is this. the struggle in egypt is a battle between islamic radicalism and secularism. and only one side can win. our regional allies believe president obama has been searching for a nonexistent middle ground between the muslim brotherhood and egypt's secularists. after the crackdown which left hundreds dead and thousands injured, threats to cut off aid have come from the european union and the united states. but saudi arabia and the gulf state, notably qatar, and the united arab emirates, have pledged an outlay of 12 billion, nearly 0 times america's military aid to egypt to support the

leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i have a few matters -- the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. mr. reid: i'm going to consent to terminate it. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, following leader remarks, the senate will be in morning business until 11:00 this morning. the time until that will be equally divided and controlled between the majority leader and the republican leader. at 11:00 the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the chen nomination to be united states circuit judge for the federal circuit. also at 11:00 there will be a filing deadline for all second-degree amendments to the transportation bill. at noon there will be two roll call votes on confirmation of chen and cloture on the thud bill. following those votes the senate will recess until 2:00 p.m. for a bipar

work through but it worked out all the better not only for him and senator leahy but most importantly for the staff. a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with senator stabenow. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. flake: mr. president, as the chambers prepare to go to conference on the farm bill, i rise to request a commitment of the chairwoman of the senate agriculture committee to protect the senate bill's vital provision to end direct payments outright. while i commend the chairwoman for her leadership in facilitating the full and immediate elimination of direct payments in the senate-passed farm bill, many of my colleagues may be surprised to learn that section 1101 of the house-passed farm bill contains a carveout that will actually continue direct payments to cotton farmers at a rate of 70% in 2014 and a rate of 60% in 2015. according to the congressional budget office, this house-passed extension of direct payments would cost taxpayers an estimated $823 million. already a poster child for federal largess, the direct payments have been, have become

mr. leahy: madam president, i ask consent for 30 seconds. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from vermont is recognized. mr. leahy: i believe we should act quickly to reduce the number of judicial vacancies. 11 of the 12 current judicial nominees before the senate reported by voice vote on the judiciary committee, republicans and democrats voting together. there is no reason why we couldn't consider all 12 today, along with mr. chen. if we work together, then we can fulfill the needs of the federal judiciary. have the yeas and nays been ordered? the presiding officer: they have not. mr. leahy: i request the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: has every senator in the chamber voted? does any senator in the chamber wishing to change his or her vote? if not, the yeas are 97, the nays are zero and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion t