today, we have less than 60 authorizations unspecific arsons to do that. >> the nsa, as we sit here rightow, is listening to a universe of 50 or 60 people that would be considered u.s. persons? >> less than 60 people globally who are considered u.s. persons. >> that was general keith alexander being questioned by reporters john miller who used to work in the new york police department and then as associate deputy director of national intelligence. your response, sascha meinrath, to this whole report? >> one, it is important to remember james clapper and others have lied previously. i believe he said he told the least country 20 was before congress and lied to congress-- the least untruths when he was before congress and lie to congress. they're collecting huge amount of information, tens of millions of phone calls are monitored actively. what this really was, was an attempt to say, but are you listening individually to specific phone calls? is that on an average basis probably a far smaller group. but regardless of that, what is clear here is what is actually happening in the spin about w