mr. snowden deserves our praise, just as the right brothers are an american hero.t great personal cost, including loss of the job, being wanted by the u.s. government, and having to relocate to russia, so the provisions, never seeing the light of day. this was due to the great sacrifice of edward snowden. i would just like to have the opportunity to thank him for what he did for all americans, democrats and republicans because he stood up, at great personal cost to himself and his family, and i support him, and i believe the president of the united states should part in mr. snowden, and he should be recognized for the stuff that he revealed out there. that is my comment. host: the president has released a statement on the senate action in terms of the moving forward on debate. and they said, the president said, rather, the president took an important if late step forward tonight. this was a short-lived as possible on a matter of national security. they must put aside their partisan motivations and act swiftly. the american people deserve nothing less. calls from sm

mr. snowden committed very serious crimes and the u.s. government and the department of justice believe that he should face them. and that is why we believe that mr. snowden should return to the united states where he will face due process and he will have the opportunity if he returns to the united states to make that case in a court of law. amy: the bulk surveillance program expired at 12:01 am monday, after kentucky senator rand paul blocked efforts to extend it. the senate is now considering the house-passed usa freedom act, which would reform bulk spying and reauthorize two other expired provisions of the patriot act. shiite houthi rebels in yemen have released a u.s. freelance journalist held captive for about two weeks. state department spokesperson marie harf confirmed the release of casey coombs, who writes for the intercept, bbc and global post. >> the u.s. citizen casey combs has arrived safely in oman. he is in stable condition. he was met with officials and their providing all possible assistance. amy: in a landmark religious

mr. snowden on the same page as rand paul? anders: snowden is a traitor plain and simple.he guy is a traitor, and he has -- the quantity of harm that he has caused the united states is just incredible. brendan: what would your compromise be? what would your ideal legislation be? what oversight is needed that is not there now? anders: the bulk information gathering is geared to looking for patterns in the data statistical patterns in the data through network analysis to find that terrorist. you cannot find that terrorist unless you go through it all. and they do not care about whether you are calling your grandmother or who you are calling as a regular american. they are looking for patterns -- first, second, third order. tom: anders corr is with us as well and glenn greenwald will join us in the next hour. coming up, joel kurtzman on the opportunism -- on the optimism he has. he does not mince words. stay with us. it is monday morning. "bloomberg surveillance." good morning. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. we are on a semi conductor watch. intel and altera have been dancing

mr. snowden has revealed by the massive, extensive cyber attacks -- cyber surveillance over targets in the world. actually, these cyber surveillance includes chinese targets, chinese government universities, scientific research institutions and also china's telecon giant. these accusations against china will lead nowhere. it will just create mistrust. these kind of accusations have led china to suspend the newly established dialogue on cyber security. so china has said to the united states time and again that the dialogue -- and cooperate is underway to deal with cyber security because both countries are concerned by cyber security. it's actually the country with the most advanced technology of cyber, you know capabilities. it has both defensive and offensive capabilities which no other countries have any match with. >> and it's got the intellectual property that the united states thinks china is after. we're not sure our capabilities are greater than the chinese. but you know one thing for sure. you brought up this issue of mistrust between the countries that might be growing because of t

mr. snowden, by the way, for better or worse, and they are not in the same level of accountability as publicmployees, and then, finally, you layer on top of that the explosive expansion of technology so you got a bigger public community. you add to that a private side of the dimensions we do not know, and maybe even the president of the united states does not know, and then the ability to pick stuff out of any individual anywhere in the world, and it's a brave new world. >> high, i wanted to talk about the intelligence agency charters. now, one of the big projects that came out of the committee, and mr. vice president-elect, there was actual work done on this inside the administration early in the carter years and if you look at the paperwork on that, you see suddenly the administration s.t.a.r.t.ed out sportive of charters just stops doing anything on this, and senator hart, the intelligence committee that pushes on charters stops after 1980, and i'd like to get your reading on did we lose an opportunity there? should we have charters for our intelligence agencies? how do we go about doing

mr. snowden spoke out publicly, pointed that out, and since that time, mr. president, the head of national intelligence and his representatives have given at least five different explanations for why that answer was given. so that's why you've got to ask the hard questions. you've go to to got to ask the hard questions about these issues. and i see my friend and colleague, senator heinrich, has joined us here tonight. and i am so pleased that he has joined the intelligence committee because senator heinrich is one of those senators who subscribes to that view that i just mentioned that it's our job to ask the hard questions. it may be uncomfortable it's not designed to in any way convey disrespect. but we see it as our job to ask the hard questions. and i'd be interested in my colleague's thoughts with respect to this issue and having him being given a chance to participate in this colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heinrich: first off, i want to thank my friend from oregon and to recognize the substantial leadership he's shown on this i

mr. snowden lights to return this as a privacy issue.ational security implications of this are profound. this is yet another example of that. we cannot defend ourselves if our methods and our sources are compromised. host: we have about 10 minutes left with heather conley. let's go at cannes this in idaho. a democrat. hi, there. you are on the air. caller: [indiscernible] russia is going back to the old ways. [indiscernible] they don't want change. just like they do with china. [indiscernible] i just don't see your putting much effort into the preservation of their own area. [indiscernible] there is only so much we can do. host: we will take that point candace. guest: thank you for your service. let me begin by that. this is not the cold war. we are not going to return to the cold war. number one, there is not going to be this u.s. military buildup that we had in europe during the cold war. it is not the regional theater we need to be engaged in. middle east europe must do more. we are encouraging it to do more. i'm encouraging that ther

snowden. he was last seen in russia. >> mr. president, i want the regular order. >> senator from kentucky is -- >> i'd be happy to yield to the senator from arizona for a question. >> maybe the senator from kentucky should know the rules of the senate. >> the white house also appeared to take a swipe at senator paul saying in part quote, we call on the senate to ensure this irresponsible lapse in authorities is as short lived as possible. individual senators must put aside their partisan motivations and act swiftly. another jumps in just hours from now south carolina senator lindsey graham is expected to launch his presidential candidacy candidacy. he's way down in the polls. his home state paper is questioning his chances this morning and at this point he doesn't even qualify for the gop debate. meanwhile another one joining the race this week martin o'malley formally declared in baltimore, the city he once served as mayor, he had tough words for wall street. >> we need to prosecute cheats. we need to reinstate glass steegl an

mr. chairman, in the wake of the edward snowden revelations, obviously, there has been a debate and public outcry over what some are seeing as the government's overly aggressive reaches into people's personal lives. i don't think most people would question that the need for the government to retain secrecy is important, in my mind, though, there is still an important role for foia requests to shine a like on glove actions that might the not be in line with the core values the that make our country great, ms. newman, i want to ask you with decreased funding and a shrinking number of foia staff what has the effect been on the ability to hold judicial and executive branchs accountable? >> well, certainly with the backlog that has impacted the speed, the speed with which we can respond to requests and fulfill those requests. i will say that dhs processed 238,031 requests up from 2013 so that's a 16% increase in the number of processed foia requests from the previous fiscal year. i would like to see greater improve mments to fulfill the values of transparency and shining a light on executive br

snowden. who was last seen in russia. >> mr. president, i have the floor. >> mr. president, i want the regular order. and i'd ask if the senator will heed to a question. senator from kentucky should learn the rules of the senate. >> i'd be happy to yield to the senator from arizona for a question. sfwr maybe the senator from kentucky should know the rules of the senate. >> oh, boy. >> all that talk over sounds like "morning joe" except they're a lot younger. i hate when they do that i can't copncentrate. >> the white house too, took a swipe at senator paul saying we call on the senate to ensure this ire responsible lapse in authorities is as short lived as possible on a matter as critical as our national security. individual senators must act swiftly. but senator paul telling nbc news he has no regrets about all this. >> do you think you accomplished something tonight, sir? >> yeah government's bulling collection of records will end. >> and do you feel like this time in between before telephone companies were to take over do you have any concerns about safety? >>

mr. ambassador, requires such a response. >> looking back at the corporal manning and the edward snowden attacks the question of the leaking of the cables and wikileaks and things like that the other thing that really strikes you is why is it information about so many people or so many communications can be found in one place? it seems to me again this has to do with internal controls. why would you keep all 14 million of these files in a way that is so easily accessible at one fell swoop. ditto with diplomatic communications has happened with wikileaks. it doesn't seem like we've made much progress in the last couple of years in spite of the threats out there. i said this earlier i think this is almost an emergency situation from the point of view of guarding the most highly sensitive information in our government. lou: and you and i both know, and i think the audience knows very well that this is what we're learning and it's come out in drips and drabs over the course of the two attacks have come out in the last week, there's much that we probably still don't know and much of it will be more disheartening than this, and

his reporting working with whistle blower edward snowden won the metier prize for public service. mrgreenwald, thank you for being with us. i know you've had a busy morning. did the n.s.a. seize collecting this melt at a data at midnight or is it more complicated? >> no, they haven't immediately stopped at all. they themselves say they have other authorities besides the law that just lapsed. just two weeks ago an appellate court of new york said that the patriot act actually doesn't even authorize bulk collection and that the n.s.a. has been essentially breaking the law for many years by collecting all of this information that the law in the first place doesn't allow. they do say they intend to stop because of the failure to pass the bill, but certainly didn't instantly stop doing anything they were doing previously. >> just to clarify the appellate court said it was illegal, but did not stop the practice. let's talk about this bill that congress is considering now the freedom act. it does end the n.s.a.'s bulk collection tactic. it adds oversight to the secret court, fisa. you have

mr. chairman. in the wake of the edward snowden revelations, obviously there's been a debate and public outcry over what some are seeing as the government's overly aggressive reaches into people's personal lives. i don't think most people would question that the need for the government to maintain secrecy to protect our national security is important. in my mind, there's a role for foia requests to shine a light on government actions that might not be in line with the core values that make our country great. ms. neuman, i want to ask you, with decreased funding and a shrinking number of foia staff what has the effect been on the public's ability to maintain that visibility and that transparency and to hold judicial legislative and executive branches accountable? >> well certainly with the backlog, that has impacted the speed with which we can respond to requests and fulfill those requests. i will say that dhs processed 238,031 requests, up from 204,000 in fiscal year 2013. that's a 16% increase in the number of processed foia requests from the previous fiscal year. is it where i would like to see i

mr. chairman, in the wake of the edward snowden revelations, obviously, there has been a debate and public outcry over what some are seeing as the government's overly aggressive reaches into people's personal lives. i don't think most people would question that the need for the government to retain secrecy is important, in my mind, though, there is still an important role for foia requests to shine a like on glove actions that might the not be in line with the core values the that make our country great, ms. newman, i want to ask you with decreased funding and a shrinking number of foia staff what has the effect been on the ability to hold judicial and executive branchs accountable? >> well, certainly with the backlog that has impacted the speed, the speed with which we can respond to requests and fulfill those requests. i will say that dhs processed 238,031 requests up from 2013 so that's a 16% increase in the number of processed foia requests from the previous fiscal year. i would like to see greater improve mments to fulfill the values of transparency and shining a light on executive br

mr. earnest: the president has spoken about that publicly. he doesn't support the legalization of marijuana. questioner: "the new york times", there's a new snowden document out that claims you expanded the warrantless surveillance program to cover possible hacking. did you guys do that? what's your reaction to this story? mr. earnest: i'm obviously not in a position to talk in a lot of detail about any sort of covert government programs that may or may not exist. what i can tell you is that the director of the national intelligence has been clear that the united states is facing a cyberthreat that's increasing in frequency scale sophistication and severity of impact. and there are a variety of tools that our national security and law enforcement professionals rely on to keep us safe. one of those tools is section 702 of fisa and section 702 does provide authority to target non-u.s. persons reasonably believed to be located outside the united states in order to acquire foreign intelligence information under court oversight. and so that is a tool that our again, our national security professionals have found to be valuable in protecting the countr

mr. mercano seemed to be using your tactics on the floor by blaming edward snowden. this is a big issue when it first broke in the media with the people. a lot of people were complaining about the issue that rand paul stood for. i believe it is both unconstitutional. my question to the gentle man -- does he believe congress is dealing and the hard reality of this tough issue? because of the nature of the middle east and that's my question, thank you. guest: thank you i think we certainly are looking at the reality of the situation and the dangers we face. i think there are at least three questions when he to ask about any intelligence program. first, is it constitutional? is it lawful question mark second, is this ineffective? why gather this data if it does not help us in terms of resolving terrorism or protect the country? is the program structured in a way that minimizes any unnecessary intrusion on our privacy? is there a better way to do this where we get the same national security impact without any risk to our privacy? on that letter point, whatever your views