the n.s.a., now the c.i.a. disclosurers or allegations. the presumption was anything that's necessary to be done to preserve national security to avoid another 9/11, okay, we kind of look the other way and maybe suspend civil liberties. i think that has run its course. i think there is a growing concern about privacy in this country, and when die nan dianne feinstein, who has been a staunch supporter, defender of the n.s.a., c.i.a., comes to the floor with a speech about whose wires are being tapped and it's her committee and she's outratched and the n.s.a. is barred from domestic intelligence gathering, so this is a real run comiewr between supporters of the secrecy and the intelligence agencies and one of its strongest democrats. >> woodruff: we should say the c.i.a. is denying what senator feinstein said. >> i was on the floor in the senate and people were amazed that you had this kind of public confrontation and anger especially from her, so a dramatic escalation. the substance gets murky and i was struck by something marco rubio said

i represent the n.s.a. these are some of the most patriotic, smartest people and they go to work every day. and they try to make a difference. and believe me, they are not happy they are being criticized for doing something they didn't do. for the benefit of the whole program, country and get the citizens to understand what intelligence does, we start at number one all bulked out. it will not be held by the government. that's major and huge. but we are going to go further. we have judicial review on each individual case, that's huge. we want to get into the issue of transparency. congressman langevin wants to open up some of the issues in the fisa court and maybe six months after the case, the public review, fisa court decisions. we are listening and we need the balance. can't have security if you don't have privacy and can't have privacy unless you have security. we are attempting to seek this balance. we feel strongly that this seeks the balance. in my opinion, it makes our country less safe because you wi

i represent the n.s.a. these are some of the most patriotic, smartest people and they go to work every day. and believe me, they are not happy they are being criticized for doing something they didn't do. for the benefit of the whole program, country and get the citizens to understand what intelligence does, we start at number one all bulked out. that's major and huge. but we are going to go further. we have judicial review on each individual case, that's huge. we want to get into the issue of transparency. congressman langevin wants to open up some of the issues in the fileso court and maybe six months after the case, the public review, fisa court decisions. we are listening and we need the balance. can't have security if you don't have privacy and can't have privacy unless you have security. we feel strongly that this seeks the balance. in my opinion, it makes our country less safe because you will never pass the test when we are trying to gain intelligence and have an ongoing information to get informatio

she's a defender of the n.s.a.'s controversial telephone tracking, but is troubled by the proliferation of drones over america. >> feinstein: this is a whole

there's a difference the n.s.a. retains this data for five years. and the telephone companies typically keep it no longer than 18 months. it's one of the things i was talking about, lack of depth, it's harder to pursue numbers over time. >> ifill: does it hamstring the government's ability a bit? >> yes, i'm sure. some of the numbers go back a number of years. you want to know about those things. is it a scripelling thing, probable -- is it a crippling thing? probably not with you it's a change. >> what is the important about the change. the phone companies holding the data -- they have data on their customers, right, but what the review group that the president set up said was that the n.s.a. having this massive database on american phonecalls posed risks to democratic governments which were not necessary or justified by any national security benefit from that kind of database. so the president said we're not going to have that database anymore. >> ifill: he meant that he didn't conceive if it was legal or not. was it legal in your opinion? >> the p

now the n.s.a. equired to show a standard of suspicion for a particular phone number and then the court could issue the order, and at that point, the n.s.a. can then request those phone records from the phone company. >> thanks for being with us this morning. >> well, it is a disaster for both the environment and the economy. >> it's been about $8,000 a loss, every single day. that's going to be pretty big loss for us. >> thousands of gallons of heavy crude leaking into one of the nations busiest waterways and local businesses already feeling the pain. >> our faith is very important in our starting this company. >> hobby lobby heading to the supreme court with a challenge to the affordable care act, involving contraception. this is not for the feint of heart. looks like a scene from mission impossible. base jumping from the top of new york's one world trade center and the daredevils who could go to jail because they did it. >> you are looking live at one world trade center on a blustery day in new yo

so every time the n.s.a. discovers a weakness, they make a decision whether they are going to exploit that system or whether they are going to inform the company hey, there's a problem. they even discussed one example with me. they say, we found this weakness and it was huge. and we could have gone to town with it. after some discussion, we decided to go to the company and tell them it was flawed. i thought it was interesting that they had to have that discussion. it shows what goes on there. host: the magazine" how the u.s. almost killed the internet." @ can follow steven leafy stevenleafy.wired. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius testified about her department's budget request. you can see that on c-span.org. here's a little of what she said. >> we've seen eight delays bringing the total to 35. the question is, what other delays do you expect? are you going to delay the mandate that individuals have to buy government-approved health care or pay a tax? >> no, sir. >> are you going to del

american politicians have suspected huawei of impled trading on american networks but it now appears the n.s.a. might be on the off and the latest on the revelations. down crimea gets one step closer to being part of russia ukraine's interim president has ordered the withdrawal of our forces from crimea we'll have the very latest from the region coming up. and crime in the u.s. has taken a calming down words but at the same time long for some person now in the country just growing so why is policing in america ramping up when the crime rate is falling we'll take a deeper look at that later in the show. it's monday march twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm here at david and you're watching r.t. america all the recent leaks about spying by the national security agency have made many skeptics of safe communication and the digital age now we can add former president jimmy carter to that list the nation's thirty ninth president tells meet the press but he's convinced his information is being monitored here's what he told n.b.c.'s andrea mitchell there's a lot of you know i hope well that m

the head of the n.s.a. today has said they are not looking at your emails. >> that's a relief to know. i remember when the head of n.s.a., one of them said that they didn't monitor americans, they didn't record american telephone calls and it turned out later that he didn't tell the congress the truth. i haven't really worried about it, i don't have anything to conceal, but there are sometimes when i don't want my private messages to be read. there is no doubt the n.s.a. has recorded every telephone call and every email sense in the united states. they don't actually read the text but know which message has occurred. they know which transmission has taken place and if they want to later on, they can get permission from a dominated fisa court to look at certain things. when i was president, i was in exactly the same problem. i was concerned after watergate and that sort of thing that the intelligence sometimes abuse people. i know that the f.b.i. did abuse martin luther king, jr. and so fort and so we got a l

and are major changes coming to the n.s.a. leaked info suggest reforms to the bulk collection of phone call data could be on the way but is this really reform or just window dressing details coming up. and the u.s. faces serious troubles with its plumbing bursting pipes and wasted drinking water on the rise in an aging crumbling water system an in-depth look at the failing infrastructure later in the show. it's tuesday march twenty fifth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lindsey france you're watching r.t. america. violence and threats continue to rock ukraine is and korea's militant from ukraine's neo nazi group right sector alexander music's co is shot dead in the west of the country also ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko threatens to level russia to the ground this came in a leaked phone conversation with another former official that emerged on you tube this comes as the united states government debates a loan guarantee for the country's new leadership artie's alexy or shops he has more for us from moscow. t

the secret program was revealed by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden. >> the annual nuclear terrorism summit has been overshadowed by the crisis in ukraine. president obama is urging isolation. >> it is a crucial three days in northern europe as a long-scheduled security summit is dominated by the crisis in ukraine. with the dutch prime minister behind him and others at his side president obama urged vigilance. >> we are united in imposing a cost on russia. >> detearing a land grab is a top goal. trip. russia has been thrown out from the g8. president obama called a meeting of remaining members, pushing for a unified front. a warning to russia that there'll be a heavy price to pay if it goes beyond crimea. sergei lavrov showed little concern at the prospect of losing g8 membership. >> so be it. we are not clinging to that format. >> sergei lavrov met with secretary of state john kerry and in a positive sign sat with ukraine's foreign minister after weeks of refusing to meet, insisting that the kiev government was legitimate. it

. >> google will encrypt web searchers that could thwart china and the n.s.a. they say it makes it tougher for countries like china to sensor user searches and track what the citizens are viewing and would inhibit snooping by the n.s.a. the google c.e.o. said this could end government censorship in a decade. >> amazon is raising the price of amazon prime in seven days, jumping to $99 for you and returning customers, a $20 increase. amazon prime offers free two day shipping for members and streaming video and access to kindle books. they say they are sending an e-mail to individual subscribers telling them when their increase kicks in. >> alabama woman is filing suit over the free shipping policy claiming vendors are increasing prices to cover the shipping costs and amazon encouraged the practice. >> our meteorologist, mike nicco, will comment on the nice weather. mike? >> different than yesterday. no white caps. it looks nice on the bay right now. temperatures are on their way. there have been a couple of days of holding steady with record highs and a chance of

and are major changes coming to the n.s.a. leaked info suggest reforms to the bulk collection of phone call data could be on the way but is this really reform or just window dressing details coming up. and the u.s. faces serious troubles with its plumbing bursting pipes and wasted drinking water on the rise in an aging crumbling water system an in-depth look at the failing infrastructure later in the show.

n.s.a. leaks the latest just ahead. and born in the usa of starting to look a bit different research shows that most of the next generation of americans will be nonwhite how might this change american politics more on that coming up. and the state of the media newspapers were once a king then t.v. now it's all about the web we'll look at the state of the media later in the show. that's wednesday march twenty sixth five pm here in washington d.c. on monday france you're watching our team america. legislation known as brazil's internet constitution has been approved in the country's lower chamber of congress the law guarantees equal access to the internet while protecting the privacy of its users and making headlines world wide that's what's happening right now the bill will make internet companies subject to brazilian laws and courts and cases involving information on brazilians even if the data is stored outside its borders it will also prevent internet service providers from favoring certain web traffic which ensures e

the n.s.a. is following our every move can it last seems almost impossible let alone losing the whole plane so what happened to malaysia airlines flight three seventy why almost three weeks on is there still no trace of the aircraft our guest today a pilot with more than forty years of experience carlo well he will help us to uncover the mystery. of malaysia airlines flight three seventy two hundred and thirteen. on people on board that is just the air the source the sage wind down in the indian ocean thousands of miles from its planned destination but after weeks of searching first not a single piece of day breeze recovered and there is still no explanation what happened. how did the plane steer so far off course how can a massive cross like that just disappear. what could have gone so terribly wrong. former pilot an expert from joseph aviation consulting thanks for being with us today so we're going to go right to have the malaysian prime minister said if the flight ended in the middle of the i

. >> president obama wants the n.s.a. to stop collecting and storing information about america's phone calls. speaking on tuesday he said he's working to end the government's role in the collection of metadata and wants to keep as men tools as possible to protect u.s. citizens. >> i'm looking forward to working with congress that make sure we pass the enabling legislation quickly so we can get on with the business of effective law enforcement. >> under the president's plan the n.s.a. would be able to obtain specific records, but only with permission from a judge, using new kinds of court orders. >> on wednesday, president obama will meet with e.u. leaders and members of n.a.t.o. in brussels. >> al jazeera's mike viqueira travelling with the president on his european trip. >> the president came to the netherlands to a 2-day summit on nuclear unity with a goal to bringing allies together on russia, leaving with a promise to punish russia if it goes furthers, but nothing to force it out of crimea. >> a day after joining other

break down all the n.s.a. eform plans with kathleen mcclellan national security and human rights council at the government accountability project kathleen welcome thanks for being with us today thank you for having me so dianne feinstein's let's just go through these we have dianne feinstein's improvements act and mike rogers is pfizer transparency and modernization act they're both being criticized fairly heavily by privacy advocates why well to understand what's wrong with these bills we have to go back to our basic system of checks and balances we all learned it in american history class the feinstein bill would actually even though the name sounds like it would help reform n.s.a. would do the opposite it would codified some of the worst surveillance practices namely the bulk collection of hundreds of millions of americans phone records and it would allow the n.s.a. to search those records without prior court oversight so no check no balance the rogers bill allows the companies to keep the records now i gues

. >> stephen: the n.s.a.is wrong, we are not monitoring his e-mails so, good news, you can start writing e-mails again and the n.s.a. won't look at them. >> a few weeks ago they told the congress they didn't monitor anyone in the united states. >> stephen: so we're all fine. yes. >> stephen: do you have a relationship with the president? >> yes, a very friendly relationship. >> stephen: does he call you for advice? >> no. but you have to remember, i have been out of office, as you said, 30-something years and i think when he wants to get advice, he gets it from the most recent presidents, which i did. >> stephen: did you have a relationship with the presidents who came before you? before you were president, l.b.j. was gone. >> he was gone and truman was gone. i only had two living presidents when i was president, gerald ford and richard nixon, and they helped me with key issues, might say like fraternity brothers having graduated from the same school. >> stephen: was there a hazing? >> i went through a hazing

surveillance programs not only did he hint that the supreme court would likely hear an n.s.a. case in the near future but he also stated that having your phone conversations listened to without a warrant isn't protected by the fourth amendment because get this the amendment only covers persons houses papers and effects how unfortunate the founding fathers didn't foresee the invention of the telephone and the internet and include them in the fourth amendment it's good to know that the highest judge in the land has such a strict interpretation of the constitution so while these issues go entirely unchallenged by the corporate press it's up to the rest of us to keep challenging and intelligence apparatus with an out of control power structure that continues to force itself on the lives of every citizen corporation and government entity on the planet. aside from the rampant poverty high unemployment and a host of socio economic problems egypt continues to reel from a political crisis that has led to countless protests and deadly clashes with police. the majority of the violence ste

and today is keith alexander his last day as the director of the n.s.a. since the spy agency surveillance program world was revealed in june he has defended the n.s.a.'s actions i look back at keith alexander ten year later in the show. it's friday march twenty eighth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lindsey france you're watching r.t. america. united states voted against united nations resolutions a resolution today requiring states using armed drones an antiterrorism operations to comply with international law the resolution sponsored by pakistan yemen and switzerland urges transparent record keeping and independent investigations of human rights violations in drone warfare although the u.s. carries out the majority of these types of drone attacks the country along with france and great britain voted against the resolution saying it was not appropriate for the forum to discuss weapon systems nevertheless it passed with twenty seven twenty seven states in favor meanwhile another un human rights watchdog released a report this week criticizing the u.s.

it's obvious the n.s.a.'s reach is likely to be reined in. police have determined the cause of the crash that killed fast and furious star paul walker and baby salmon get a lift where they are heading when the western edition of the cbs evening news continues. >> . >> >> pelley: today was the >> pelley: today was the deadline for gm and the ngrernment's auto safety agency to tell congress what they knew about a deadly defect in some gm cars. at least 12 people have died and 31 have been injured in accidents linked to faulty has tion switches. jeff glor has been investigating this. >> reporter: after the chevrolet cobalt was introduced ten years ago, there were problems from the start, including a defective ignition switch that could suddenly turn the engine off, disabling power steering, power brakes, and air bags. both gm and the national transportation safety board said, despite numerous reports of the problems, it was difficult to see a growing trend. but we analyzed data from the government's early warning reporting system, which car d orf

show that the n.s.a. has the ability to covertly hack into computers on a mass scale by using automated systems courtesy of edward snowden glenn greenwald and ryan gallaher with the intercept have published images from the n.s.a.'s top secret presentation which show how the so-called implants operate these implants according to the intercept allow the n.s.a. to break into targeted computers and siphon out data from foreign internet and phone networks in an example cited by the intercept the n.s.a. disguised itself as a fake facebook server in order to send unsuspecting facebook users to a web site embedded with mall where that then infected target's computer and once your computer is infected they can potentially do all kinds of things including excell trade files from your hard drive covertly record audio from your computers microphone and even take snapshots with your webcam the n.s.a. response to this quote recent media reports that alleged n.s.a. has that alleged n.s.a. has infected millions of compute

and a the former n.s.a. contractor spoke in front of a green screen that was digitally altered to display article one of the u.s. constitution of the irony is that snowden's asylum is in russia is what enabled him to take part in this teleconference with americans because we all know if snowden was in america on u.s. soil he would be arrested by u.s. officials. to britain if the government is paying your rent it's no guarantee of a roof over your head and many landlords are eager to kick people out if indeed they are relying on the government artie's laura smith reports. sharon pays six hundred pounds a month to live in this cramped bedsit with her partner but in today's britain she should count herself lucky many private landlords have decided her money's not good enough why she claims state housing benefit when we first started looking we didn't think we'd need to get housing benefit we thought we'd be able to afford it and then we were quite shocked at the price it was just for the forseeable future we sai

outrage against the n.s.a. as only grown since snowden exposed the agency's dragnet surveillance of average americans but it's been difficult to put that frustration into action that's why today activists and online advocacy groups from around the world are hosting a worldwide day of action against the n.s.a.'s mass spying program this international protest is being conducted in honor of the late internet activist aaron swartz who was a leader in the movement to do rail the stop online piracy act only two years ago and a press release for today's action david segal co-founder of demand progress said quote today the greatest threat to a free internet and broader free society is the national security agency's mass spying regime if aaron were alive to be on the front lines against these practices that undermine our ability to engage with each other as genuinely free human beings so take a few minutes to go to the web site the day we fight back dot org and add your voice of the thousands of others who support the us

. >> and the people defending n.s.a. spying may be under surveillance themselves. that story and more when we come back. >> former vice presidential candidate sarah palin ended the republican conference with jabs to barack obama. >> something changed. it went from a catchy campaign reality yes we can, hope and change became no we can't. no, you can't log on to the website. no, you can't keep your health care. no, you can't make a phone call without michelle obama knowing, "this is the third time this week you've dialled pizza hut delivery." >> also at that conference senator rand paul won the party's presidential straw poll at the 3-day gathering. ted cruz of texas came in second and ben carson came in third. >> not only did senator rand paul win, he won with 31% of the vote, far above any other contender. the only other to crack double digit was ted cruz with 11%. 20 more people - the c.p.a.c. voters are by and large young, more than 60% are 40 years or younger. their decisions are reflected. the libertarian views are reflected. >> sarah palin gave the crowd a lot

>> they would request 555-1212 and that information would come to the n.s.a. based on court review and review after that to make sure it met the r.a.s. test. >> how many would that, over the course of a year? >> each individual case. if there's more information, it could be an actual conspiracy. they are going to do their investigation and make a determination they need more, they will have to come back and do the r.a.s. test again. >> it's two hops. in the beginning, it's the two hops, but again, getting intelligence, this is where i have a problem with sensenbrenner, in the ongoing investigation, we wouldn't get any of that. you get the two hops and after you do the investigation to move forward, you need to pass the r.a.s. test to get more information. based on your field investigation with the f.b.i., you might want to go to the court and use the foundation of the intelligence to get to the improbable cause. >> no content. this is really important. there is no content in this collection, zero. it's only that metadata. >> no name, no address. and if they wan

>> i think there's a lot of forward movement for the n.s.a. and forward movement in the white house taking initiative and talking about big data and privacy as a whole. that's where most of my excitement lies, because they are looking at this more wholistically across the industry, giving us a better map for understanding how the data sources connect and what the eco system is about, such that we can have a conversation about what we think is appropriate. >> the government is getting data from consumer efforts collected by companies, sapfize. >> two negotiators tell their story in "the fog of peace", what current diplomats can learn from their experiences. >> tornado reports coming down for some of the states on each coast - west and east. i'll show you where that is happening and where the heaviest rain is right now. that is next. person conversation def por >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories this half hour - united states is trying to save the middle east peace talks after israel refused to release a group of abou

and a the former n.s.a. contractor spoke in front of a green screen that was digitally altered to display article one of the u.s. constitution of the irony is that snowden's asylum in russia is what enabled him to take part in this teleconference with americans because we all know if snowden was in america on u.s. soil he would be arrested by u.s. officials. on the many stories right now going up and called me including a countrywide black market. libya becomes a hot spot for the illegal arms trade the united nations is the main source of military hardware fueling. countries right now. this story as well. as suggested that the company might be holding a few one hundred million dollars more than it claims. on the website for you right now. even if the government pays you already. have a roof over your head and many landlords are no longer willing to risk renting their properties to people on housing benefits as. simple government policy is only making it. sharon pays six hundred pounds a month to live in this

. >> the n.s.a. issue. security in terms of people listening into the conversation.rand paul could attrac voters to the party, it's a good thing. can he win a national election? i am not sure it would happen. if he could bling in new people thing. >> we have been talking about the split between the established republicans and the tea party. are we seeing a 3-way split, where we have the tea party, the established, mitt romney types and the lib erp tarian wing. >> we can't categorise is it that simply giving the ubiquity of the rise and growth in libber at airianism among youth as we alluded to. you can't categorise a lot of folks as democrats or republicans. they find rand paul interesting, not just the n.s.a. but the drones issue that attracts them. you can look at c.p.a.c. and say other than mitt romney in 2012, as a colleague reminded me we didn't back a window. this was a fascinating window to their division. autumn more so since rand paul is a cooler figure than somebody like ted cruz. i will not sell him short, regardless of what john mccain might thing. >> to

the snoop. saying black phones release comes just nine months after classified n.s.a. documents were leaked by former government contractor edward snowden the leaks brought to light surveillance programs like prism in which the government collected and stored the internet communications of countless americans and while makers of the device say it will help users protect their information from the government's watchful eye they admit that with a cell phone no one's data is completely off limits it's not perfect it's not and i say proof. but it's an awful lot better than the alternative of doing nothing and it helps users realize the importance of continuing demand to demand even further improvements from the industry at large in the wake of the n.s.a. leaks more and more americans are going to demand an end to government spying doing everything from rallying in the streets to filing lawsuits against tech companies who agreed to release the information and now less than a year later it seems black phone is answering a consumer demand for yet more protection but that's a c

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and the n.s.a. needs people that can do the stuff. also, the other thing is there were 850,000 people in america with a clearance. many of the attractors like edward snowden. he was able to go into the him. >> you work for the guardian. glen was with laura, the two people that met with edward snowden in hong kong when he gave out the leaks. you are right about how they were shocked when they saw this person in front of them. >> running with a source for three or four months. >> they didn't have a name or picture. they couldn't search on google. they expect the c.i.a. or hong kong to shuffle towards them. they get a lanky student barely old enough to shave. we think "is this for reel?", and when they talk to him, they realise that he is for ril. >> part of the problem is he was so for real he struggled with communicating with greenwald that he wanted to do everything in an encrypted way. >> this story had several falls parts before they got together. glen is a terrific journalist, he's busy, he has chat windows open, he had a tantalisi

the n.s.a. needs people that can do this stuff and also the other thing is there were 850 people in america with clearance for top secret. many contractors and he was able to go inside the system without anyone noticing. >> you work for the "guardian." you writ about the two people were shocked, when they saw this person in front of them. >> they have been corresponding with the source. they didn't have a name or a picture. they couldn't search on google and expect a guy in hong kong in a blue blazer. they get a lanky student type barely old enough to shave. when they talk and integrate him. he struggled with communicating with green world. he wanted to do everything in an encrypted way. this story had several falls starts. and glen is a terrific journalist. we have chat windows open and a tantalizing email. he didn't get around to doing it. >> some of your book reads like a spy novel. there are all aspects going in that direction, including that you felt they may have been bugging you but gettin

n.s.a. has infected millions of computers around the world with malware and that n.s.a. is impersonating u.s. social media or other websites are inaccurate and as a uses its technical capabilities only to support lawful and appropriate for intelligence operations all of which must be carried out in strict accordance with its authorities. facebook says they knew nothing about this mark zuckerberg though on his facebook page writes that he's been so confused and frustrated by the repeated reports of the behavior of the u.s. government and he goes on to say when facebook's engineers work tirelessly to improve security we imagine we're protecting you against criminals not our own government. well many internet users share mark zuckerberg is confusion not clear though what they can do about it other than making sure that they don't expose themselves in front of their webcams in inappropriate way. to chicago now a big win for civil rights advocates there her state appeals court has ruled that the chicago police department can no longer keep information about police misconduct