as the money controls washington no ethics rules insider trading bans are forced financial disclosures will keep our legislators from finding ways around the law. over the weekend the washington post broke the latest n.s.a. leak by whistleblower edward snowden this time revealing just how many ordinary people are swept under the dragnet surveillance court of these select documents for every one and tended surveillance target nine so-called incidental or inadvertent targets are caught up in the spying net but beyond the overwhelming amount of ordinary americans being targeted a leak contain other startling revelations such as the fact that the fires the courts intercepted communications were not beyond snowden's reach as government officials have claimed the last year demonstrating just how and secure these data centers. they really are and shockingly obama himself was catalogued over a thousand times within the documents along with other high ranking government officials making clear that there are no restrictions on how far the n.s.a. will go on earlier i spoke to kevin journalists at firedoglake and i first asked him to break down some content i was indiscriminately swept up and

generation but i also see partnerships we jointly hard a reporter a pulitzer prize winner with the washington post we didn't have enough money to arm ourselves my investigator poured in workshop the posted and so we did it together and we're sharing his salary a lot of creativity now in finding new ways to do deeper longer better stories the media landscape or in america is very barren i mean you have virtually no funding for organizations like yours i mean how do you train people who are working with the center for public integrity to operate without conflicts of interests for future practices you disclose for a nonprofit you just close your donors it's very very important to do that you make sure the money is either general support just for the act of doing your best care porting or it's subject areas are so broad it's not pegged to a specific story you make sure that the folks here working with are not so closely tethered to an agenda that it will impugn your own integrity those are the kinds of things you try to do and you work on a story for one or two years and you go through ten data sets a

before joining reuters, she covered the courts for usa today and the washington post. she is a regular panelist on ebs washington week. pbs washington week. she earned her law degree at georgetown law school and specializes in presenting the supreme court through the lens of judicial biography. she has written sandra day o'connor, and more recently, american original, the life and constitution of supreme court justice anthony scalia. joan is within weeks of finishing a new book called, "breaking in, the rise of sonia sotomayor" which has a publication date of the first tuesday in october. robert barnes joined the washington post in 1987 covering maryland politics. since then, he has served as deputy national editor in charge of domestic issues during the clinton administration. he returned to reporting in 2005 and began covering the supreme court in 2006. bob had been planning to go to law school but changed his mind after taking a journalism course. his biography on the washington post website says, it did not occur to him that he could do both. perhaps a better explan

according to documents provided by edward snowden and "the washington post," the agency was spying mostly on ordinary americans between 2009 and 2012, collecting information from their online accounts, including names, e-mail addresses, instant message conversations and 5,000 private photos. and then the information was

ever since the "washington post" broke the story last march, the revelations never stopped. y, the "washington post" broke new news, today, about how even while they were on their way out of office in virginia, with this federal indictment coming down on them, the first lady of the great state of virginia was still pushing her luck. trying, reportedly, to take home with her several important small boxes of state property. i'll have that for you in a moment. you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. dovisit tripadvisor new york

to see the full list visit politico.com/bookshells. >> you are watching booktv. washington post columnist david ignatius and cia agent valerie plame talk about the real-life stories that formed their new novels this is about an hour. >> thank you very much. valerie plame and david ignatius to join me up here, great to see all of you. i don't know about you but i already had both of my books signed. i want to show the real power, david bradley is -- david doesn't like when i do this but i want everyone to know -- david is a big fan of richard nixon, he was young student, we are arranged -- this is for our c-span viewers. the power of the atlantic as opposed to the washington post, we got ed snowden to declare he was trained in all sorts of spy craft and helped the white house make -- revealed the station chief to make tonight extra special. we have a real treat tonight, spies and spy class with a practitioner and someone who has been deeply involved in watching the story of a national security in all of its forms and tool kids. david ignatius has been long-term national-security

. >>> the latest installment of the snowden files published in the "washington post" this weekend exposed the vast number of innocent americans caught up in the nsa internet surveillance dragnet and for first time detailed the kind of intimate correspondence that has been collected and stored by the nsa. a four-month analysis of 160,000 e-mails provided by snowden led the post to conclude that approximately 90% of those whose data was collected were regular web users with no ties to terrorist activities. swept up alongside detailed activity were the every day activities of ordinary americans, mental health crises, medical records, academic transcripts of school children. pictures of infants and toddlers in bath tubs and other women model lingerie striking risque

far outnumber the foreigners that the agency has legally targeted a new report in the washington post looks at top secret documents that no one knew snowden had acquired we knew we had reports about and it's a surveillance but it turns out the former n.s.a. contractor also accessed twenty two thousand surveillance reports on intercepted conversations collected by the n.s.a. between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve the posts for months and vesta geishas into the reports found that the agency had documented instant messages online videos e-mails and more on over eleven thousand four hundred unique accounts but just eleven percent of those account holders were actual n.s.a. targets the rest were incidentally just caught up in the net many of them were americans in fact nearly half of the surveillance files had names or e-mail addresses belonging to americans and inside were some of their personal communications medical records resumes baby photos risque pictures so how does this augment. what we have learned in the past year or so about the n.s.a. surveillance programs t

i voted my conscience as i understood the law without the persuasion of the "washington post" and others. i voted as i understood the law. i did not want adams seated. but under the constitution as i understand it, congress did not have the right to exclude him for the reason they set forth. i was one of only 13 republicans who voted to seat adam clayton powell purely on constitutional grounds. only one of 13. i may be one of less than that tonight. who cares. i am doing this away i think it should be done. this is the way i believe i pledged my oath of office. although there were only 13 republicans who voted to seat adams, the supreme court said only 13 republicans were correct because they were first to congress and seated adams. now for the first time in my life, i have to judge a republican, a man who holds the most powerful office in the world. make no mistake about that. i look back over history and try to judge what i should do here. this is the most important thing i shall ever do in my life, and i know it. far more important than whatever happens to me as a result of this vote.

come on, here. >> that's really what the "washington post" is doing. e trying to raise expectations. lou: what's wrong with that? set a high bar. about time the republicans get a high bar. let's see the bar higher. >> lou, here's why. the democrats come out of woodwork from an organizational standpoint. the unions go into hyperdrive. they raised more money than the republican, and the republican voters, the average conservative says we're going to win whether we turn out to vote or not. those are are dangerous expectations. i look forward to having a hard-fought campaign from here to november. lou: more faith in the republican national committee than you do. i truly believe reince priebus understands this is about the working middle class, he can let go of the nonsense representing multinationals. the chamber of commerce, the business roundtable, they got to let go and move away so that the middle class can be represented by the republican party. don't you see that happening this year? >> well, look. lou: okay, i'm being facetious for those who don't kn

everyone from bob schafer to lynn downy from the washington post have commented at the white house. >>. >> you have journalist organizations protesting in a letter. you have the white house

. >>> following closely on the "washington post" report over the weekend that nine out of every ten people caught up in the nsa internet dragnets are regular internet users with no ties to terrorism comes another nsa revelation. this one is courtesy of snowden leaked glenn green wald and shows from 2002 to 2008, the nsa and fbi spied on e-mails of five high profile muslim americans, the executive director of the council on american islamic relations or carr and country's top muslim civil rights organization. also included is gill, a former bush administration official who held top secret clearance while working at the department of homeland security. >> i was a very conservative reagan loving republican.

we here on booktv had not heard of this before the washington post profile view. what difference did that article make? >> it was enormously gratifying for the washington post to call me up and say would you be interested in being the subject of what feature? it was two years after this had happened, five months after the book had come out. i was touched and moved and interested in fact it they wanted to do it as a cumin story, not just a political story. that was what particularly -- since then i have had people like c-span booktv call me and say how about coming on the show and it has given me a bit more publicity but interestingly i am getting calls from some people in government wanting to talk about the issues i was working on or that i went through and say could you perhaps come in and talk with me because we are in the middle of a political firestorm and how the white talk about this as a leader and that is incredibly gratifying. i have gotten more connections, and that is so rewarding. i missed my young staff, not just to talk to my cohort but to be short t

. >>> "the washington post" lead story is a big investigative report that is certain to prompt a lot of discussion and reaction in the days to come. the newspaper reports the nsa is intercepting data from many more ordinary users than from its intended targets. nine out of every ten account holders were not the people the agency was trying to target. nearly half the surveillance files are from americans. former nsa analyst edward snowden provided the documents to the post. however, the article also points out how much valuable intelligence has been picked up in the sweep. quoting from the article, discoveries of considerable intelligence value in the intercepted message. to avoid interfering with on going operations, there are fresh revelations about a secret overseas nuclear project, double dealing by an ally, a military calamity and the identities of

in an article published today, the washington post said it reviewed more than 160-thousands emails and instant message conversations, and another 8,000 documents that were collected between 2009 and 2012. the paper says "ordinary internet users, american and non-american alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the national security agency." the paper reports that nearly half of the files contained details that the nsa identified as being from us citizens or residents. the report also found that some of the communications captured by the nsa did contain significant intelligence value, including "a secret overseas nuclear project, double-dealing by an ostensible ally, and the identities of aggressive intruders into u.s. computer

well, this story broke last night in the "washington post." "according to a former u.s. official with firsthand knowledge of government intelligence, the cia obtained credible information including internet protocol addresses linking cuban agents to the prostitution claims and efforts to plant the story in u.s. and latin american media. the intelligence report provided to u.s. government officials and sent to the fbi's counterintelligence division." it is one thing for us to domestically be inventing this stuff for ourselves, right? it's another thing for this weird fake channel in our supposed news media to allegedly, at least, become a conveyor belt for foreign countries' disinformation about u.s. government officials. and we don't know yet if the cuba allegation of this is true. the "washington post" citing an unnamed former official in what they say is an intelligence report blaming cuban intelligence for having started this smear. nbc news tonight says they have talked to multiple officials at multiple agencies who have found no credible evidence of cuban involvement

millions of americans are spied on every day by our own government the washington post published an article this week detailing the extent of the n.s.a.'s warrantless surveillance there are intrusive and abusive presence in our lives and keep in mind the washington post is no left wing rag last week it's also were women suffrage to let. reconsider. and if the cia were a person i would totally have it's baby also they have a very popular magazine called i'm not racist. so the washington post reported quote ordinary internet users far outnumber illegally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the national center security agency and these aren't just boring e-mails they include photographs in which quote women model lingerie leaning suggestively into a webcam or striking risque poses in shorts and bikini tops really only shorts and mccain is the american people aren't really known for our modesty you are telling me nowhere in the entire n.s.a. databases their stockpile of nude pics well i bet edward snowden had to rent an axe for you all just to transport the cash of joe bide

the "the washington post" is catching him. t the water resources development act home heating emergency assistance. house approved short-term to keep afloat the highway trust fund. even -- i mean like why is he even like -- he must know he is going to get caught. if it's not about us, he is in trouble. when you don't have anything to say about what you have done and what what you have accomplished and what you would like to do, you blame the other guy. and the reason that he is not talking about his accomplishments and his vision for america, is falling apart through obamacare. >> if i -- if i had a law firm and i had a lawyer working for me whose strategy was to insult the other side, and try to get a deal, i would fire the lawyer. i mean, what a stupid way. what else is he going to stay? >> he doesn't have to say anything. pick up the phone and call boehner and say come up to the white house. i like red wine. we will sit down and have a glass of wine. at least have a civil conversation and work towards solving these things. t

ever since the "washington post" broke the story last march, the revelations never stopped. today, the "washington post" broke new news, today, about how even while they were on their way out of office in virginia, with this federal indictment coming down on them, the first lady of the great state of virginia was still pushing her luck. trying, reportedly, to take home with her several important small boxes of state property. i'll have that for you in a moment. flight 294 is now boarding... looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm. cool. yeah. hi. final boarding call for flight 294. [ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival? this guy! bringing our competitors' rates to you -- now, that's progressive. it's been that way since the day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your abi

wider reach them once thought according to documents released by edward snowden obtained by the washington post a federal court permitted the n.s.a. to collect information about governments and one hundred ninety three countries as well as on foreign institutions like the world bank artie's mega lopez has the details. less than six months after president obama spoke about reforms to the national security agency newly released documents from the washington post have a result on the map in terms of the reach of american surveillance heritable stems from top secret documents dating back to two thousand and ten that were leaked by edward snowden turns out the n.s.a. has been given clearance from the foreign intelligence surveillance court to spy on some one hundred ninety three country many of the countries have never posed a direct or indirect threat to american interests they include countries like believes that denmark reese st kitts and fiji only four countries in the world have escaped the surveillance prowess of the n.s.a. those are australia canada great britain and new zealand together with

. >>> an investigation led by the "washington post" reveals that about 90% of the people spied on by the nsa are not real targets. the report is based on hundreds of thousands of e-mails and instant message conversations provided to the "post" by edward snowden. >>> lawmakers in california and new jersey are weighing the possibility of gun seizure laws. a bill proposed in new jersey would allow people to petition a judge to confiscate a gun from a relative if they can prove the person is in danger. similar legislation has been proposed in california. >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton is apparently quite a fan of german chancellor angela merkel. while speaking in berlin as part of her book tour, clinton said merkel is "the greatest leader in europe." >>> president obama's hoping to bring wi-fi to schools across the country, but the proposal might be squelched by teachers. a new plan from the fcc would give $5 million to the wi-fi push. educators, though, are criticizing the fcc for committing so much money exclusively to that plan. >>> and from newsday.com, the two candida

abby phillip from the "washington post." thanks so much. that is "all in" for this evening. rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> good evening, chris, thanks, man. >> you bet. >> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. in one point in our nation's recent history, a man named rick perry was definitely going to be president. at the end of president obama's first term, republicans were circling. had the great midterm election in 2010 when the whole country went red. they thought on the heels of that election after obamacare and all the rest of it, they thought they had a great chance of making president barack obama a one-term president. they just needed the right candidate to knock him off. in the summer of 2011, sort of circus had already started in the republican primary. had michele bachmann running and

. >> yes, darth vader is currently the leading presidential candidate according to the "washington postll. and the most hated star wars character of all time is more popular than all of congress. and the reason for that, a lot of people are saying it's corruption. a loyaling streamer says . . . and that's a major reason, lisa why people want a change. >> yes, they do. house majority leader eric cantor losing his election bid to tea party candidate dave prat. many believe he is one of the only people to beat such a high-ranking leader. so what is behind brat's win? and what was it indicate about the way props our entire political system is heading. joining us is a columnist for tech republic, and the found inner of a blog focusing on technology. and senior fellow of kato institute. and on skype, senior congressional reporter for "politico." thanks to all of you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> david brat a virtual unknown, eric cantor positioned to probably be speaker of the house. war chest eight to ten times that of brat. what did this race demonstrate? >> well, it demonstra

. >>> "the washington post" calls it subpoenapalooza, the nearly 100 subpoenas from darrell issa, he'sfrom benghazi to bank of america but his latest target is in a familiar place, the white house. issa says hilda solis broke the law as a member of the president's cabinet. he says the voice mail proves she was illegally using the office to raise funds for president obama's re-election. >> hi, this is hilda solis calling, just calling you off the record here. wanted to ask you if you could help us get folks organized to come to our fund-raiser that we're doing for organizing for americas for obama campaign. i wanted to ask you if you might contribute or get other folks to help out. >> the white house says it did nothing wrong and will not allow the target of issa's subpoena, political director, david semus to testify, citing separation of powers. sally kohn is the cnn political commentator, crystal right, blogger for blackchick.com. welcome. >> nice to see you. >> thanks. >> nice to see you, too. as a matter of fact, congressman issa is holding a hearing right now on the justice departm

we hear a booktv had heard about this before the "washington post" profile of you. what difference did that article made quite >> well, first of all, it was enormously gratifying for the washington post to call me up in me would you be interested in the subject of a feature quite as two years after all this had happened. for five months after the book had come out. i was touched. i was moved in is very interested in the fact they wanted to do it is a human story, not just a political or kiss and tell story. that was what particularly was gratifying about it. since then, i've had people like c-span and the tv and call me about coming on the show in its game -- it's given me a little more publicity. but interestingly i'm getting calls from people in government who are wanting to talk about the issues i was working on or what i went through and say could you perhaps come in and talk with me because i think where the middle of kind of a political firestorm and how do i think about this as a leader? that is incredibly gratifying. i also have gotten more connections with t

we hear a booktv had not heard about this before the "washington post" profiled you. what difference did that article make? >> well, first of all, it was enormously gratifying for the "washington post" to call me up and say, would you be interested in being the subject of a feature? and i was but it was two years after all this had happened, about four or five months after the book had come out. i was touched, moved come into interest in the fact that they wanted to do it as a human story, not just a political or a kiss and tell story. that was what particularly was gratifying about it. since then i've had, welcome people like c-span booktv call me and said how about coming on the show? is give me a little bit more publicity. but interestingly i'm getting calls from some people in government who are wanting to talk about issues that i was working on, or what i went through come and say could you perhaps come in and talk with me because i think we're in the middle of a kind of political firestorm, and how do i think about this as a leader. that is incredibly gratifying.

helped clear up the thought there was a second shooter." ,he navy yard base commander who "the washington post" may have known about the cameras, was working from a different command center than the police. the navy yard issued a statement saying its leadership is working closely with the metro police department to strengthen our ties and further develop our joint procedures during crisis situations. the report recommends 70 changes , at least 70, including using shorter-barreled m-4 rifles. dispatchers would also be able to map out places like the navy yard and officers would have a go bag so they can locate where their surveillance video is in a distillation likth. richard reeve, abc 7 news. >> the national weather service says a weak tornado touched down in virginia beach yesterday. hit the tornado oceanfront area, even knocking a steeple off the roof. a dozen people were hurt. oakley, much calmer than yesterday. meteorologist steve rudin has the forecast. >> a nice break this evening, skies have cleared nicely. may have patchy faulk in the morning, but nothing that will bring travel delays

including a journalist from "the washington post." not giving a reason for the arrests. what can you tell us about the journalists and what the iranian government is saying? >> reporter: there's not a lot of information about the arrests. a lot of people are getting concerned here. journalists here in iran and throughout the world. a lot of people know the individuals who have been detained. let's tell you what we know. these four individuals were arrested tuesday night. three of them iranian-americans. jason has been here since 2008. "the washington post" bureau chief since 2012. i personally know jason. he has an exceptional reputation. he came back to iran because he loved his country and his culture. he and his wife were detained tuesday night. the two others -- six days passed. iranian officials continue to say we'll have information about the arrests, but a lot of people waiting for answers. >> a well-known guy. we are looking at picture ofs this man along with anthony bourdain. >>> breaking overnight, the united nations holding

him there.low he is a writer for "the washington post." k you very much for speaking with our viewers today. the carnegieto endowment for international peace. a conversation about escalating violence in iraq. the president is sending more advisors to the area. the ambassador will discuss the country's future. coverage will begin on c-span. . .