now, in our panel today we'll have richard clarke who's a ceo of good harvest security risk management. he's chairman of the board of governors of the middle east institute. during his 30 years of public service he's a senior white house national security adviser to presidents george h.w. bush where i first met him, bill clinton and george w. bush. michael mor elll, recently retired as deputy director of the central intelligence agency after more than 30 years of service and during that time he served as acting director. he earned the bash lor's degree of university of akron and master's doog from georgetown. and geoffrey stone, professor at the university of chicago law school. previously clerked for supreme court justice brennan and professor stone also served as dean of the university of chicago law school and the provost of the university. cass sunstein is currently professor of harvard law school. previously administd miministra office of regulatory affairs and attorney adviser at the office of legal con sell and a law clerk for supreme court justice marshall. and last, professor

given the fact that some of these people like mike who was former acting director of the cia and richard clarkational security council and i am a member of the acau national advisory council, this isn't going to work. we are so far apart. and what was amaze big this experience is that we worked hard together. talked to each other, developed a respect for one another and were you man news in every one of our 46 recommendations and i never thoughted be possible. >> famously barack obama who you have known for a long time when he was just a new candidate said it was a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide. since then, since he's now at the dashboard he as some different views about it. did you find yourself calling in to question some of your own cherished beliefs in these questions? >> i wouldn't put it that way. i learned a great deal than i didn't know before. reflect that go through my values and understandings i changed my views on some things, as all of us did. because it was a great learning experience. and both in terms of learning information, hearing

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former cia deputy director michael morell and former cia deputy -- house counterterrorism aide richard clarke refuted assertions the bulk election of phone data could have prevented 9/11. programs true the 215 has not played a significant role in disrupting the terraced attacks to this point. statementdifferent than saying the program is not important. thef the information federal agencies had at the time had been shared among the agencies, then one of them, the fbi, could have gone to the fisa court and could have, in a very timely manner, gotten a warrant to monitor the appropriate telephone use. they didn't because they were unaware of the information that existed elsewhere in the government at the time. of overe was a period two years were that information was available. >> in the latest of the revelations surrounding u.s. surveillance, "new york times" reports the nsa has planted spying software and close to 100,000 computers around the world. the software allows for monitoring those machines and the creation of a new digital pathway to launch cyberattacks on others. it works even if com

. >> 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 in addition to them, it had the function of coordination. but it didn't have the authorit

congress just two days ago, these included the former chief of counterterrorism in the white house, richard clark. morel the former head of the cia. another person who was actually the one who hired -- jeffrey stone who hired obama as a law professor back at chicago. his judgment was that we should end the bulk collection. he overruled that collection because i believe he has been corrupted by his office right now, not because his judgment was worse. i think edward snowden is the one person -- >> taking action because he needs to protect the country? >> i think he needs to reassure the people that have now gotten information that he refused to give them, in fact he may not have known in detail. i don't think the nsa has been terribly forthcoming for all we know to the president about whether they broke the law. it took fisa court judges, in their ability, they do not have the technical ability to investigate that i have said here about kurt leavy's recommendations. is it shocking that a 29-year-old to take his life in his hands to tell us this, not really, that's the way humanity works, that's th

but richard clarke described the fact that what they are doing with the nsa review panel was, number one, we had been asked to take a look at what intelligence we actually need. do second, we had been asked to look at how transparent we can be in getting the intelligence in a way that matches our democratic values in a democratic society. i did not hear much more. i really wonder given all we have talked about here, with the nsa review panel, are we on the right track? or is this going to deviate? maybe i would have found out if i heard the rest of the show. i look forward to hearing your views. >> i actually think that that review panel -- it is a fascinating report. one of the things we talk about. it is somebody called in and said the report was very glib. i responded, you appreciate one written in clear language. and easy to understand. that was a really important report. i think dick clark and mike and the others, i think they really did make an effort to be nuanced about this and to be sympathetic to all of the concerns raised, but also to a national security establishment from

the five members of this the acting cia clarke,, richard jeffrey stone of the university of chicago, and a privacy law professor at the georgia institute of technology. issued 46 recommendations. the first one is on section 215, which we talked about earlier. 215ecommend that section should be amended to authorize the surveillance court to issue a in order compelling a third-party to disclose private information about individuals thatif -- one, it finds the government has reasonable grounds to believe that particular information is relevant. or, two, the order is reasonable in focus, scope, and breadth. they recommend that statutes that offer national security letters should be amended to permit issuance only upon a judicial finding that the government has reasonable grounds to believe that the information is relevant and intended to protect against clandestine intelligence activities. those are the top two recommendations of the 46. we will go through a couple more. rodney is calling from missouri. hello. thatr: i would like to say , our constitution does not say anything about priv

richards lost to george w. bush 20 years ago. we sent reporter meredith clark, to find out what they thought of davis and her likely opponent in november. state attorney general, greg abbott. and whether texas getting a woman governor again matters the to the women of texas. >> reporter: today, we're going to take a trip to the wednesday wouldettes a to the plano super bowl to find out what they think about wendy davis and see if she's got a chance in the governor's race. when you're coming in from out of town to a place, it can be difficult to find a spot where you know there's a lot of people you can talk to. so a bowling alley is kind of perfect. it's a one-top shop, as it were. and everybody loves bowling. >> are conservative values and issues the most important thing for you when it comes to voting for candidates? >> not necessarily conservative issues, but the democrats have had their shot and things are in the toilet, so i think it's time for the republicans to step up. >> you told me a minute ago that you like wendy davis. why is that? >> to me she just

clark -- say they're not worried. >> i'm not worried about any safety issues in russia at this point. you know, we're so focused on our competition and on our sport. >> that was richard reporting. president obama spoke with vladimir putin by phone to talk about security for the olympics. the white house says the u.s. is offering its full assistance. >>> the time right now 11:42. parents and students, listen up. many schoolchildren staying at home today will have the makeup -- they will have to make up the missed class time, and we'll tell you about that. >>> also coming up, small cars may be better on gas, but new crash test results are putting the safety in question. we'll run down those results for you coming back in a minute. stay w [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ male announcer ] you say tomato. ♪ old el paso says diced tomato stand 'n stuff chicken tacos

clark downtown airport about seven miles distance. but the big issue was the difference in distance in the run ways. >> i mean,ly the really, we talked to richard compared to the landing yesterday when they had full brakes, full reverse thrusters. this is still a short runway. we've been watching for the wind to maybe help the plane out a little bit. it will be coming out of the west. not much help. you want it out of the north so the plane can take off with a little bit of wind help. a cross wind doesn't really help here. 3,700 feet for this thing to take off. both engines are running and lights are flashing. >> there are no passengers on board. this is as light as they could get this plane. these passengers were bussed last night. you just have these pilots. of course they're investigating. we learned the pilots, as they investigate, have been grounded. so we have to leave picture because i have to go to jake tapper but hopefully this thing will be just fine. chad, thank you very much. i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >> a whole new lane of trouble is opening up for new jersey governor chris christie. i'm jake tappe

congress just two 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