i'm joined by dr jim walsh, from watertown, an international security expert at mit's security studies program and fred burtan, vice president of intelligence at stratford, a global intelligence company, and author of, "untold fire." the untold attack on benghazi, and served as a counteragent and involved in security issues for the 1996 atlanta olympics. we'll get to benghazi in a moment. first, jim, do you have doubt that the bombing attacks are connected with the winter olympics ? no one has taken responsibility yet. in july a chechen rebel leader doku umarov who claimed responsibilities for other suicide attacks issued a manifesto calling for supporters to disrupt the olympics. is this work. >> whether doku umarov or other groups involved in chechnya or the caucuses, i think they are related. it gives the folks leverage to have a high profile event coming to russia. there'll be thousands of journalists or visitors around the world, creating a target that is difficult to exist. they have laid back and two attacks in three days, three in the past couple of months, it signals that they

. >>: there's an active incident at watertown. >>: a queue was captured from his hiding place. bolt in the backyard of the watertown home. >>: and 11 year old has been and the frost of montana's residents. >>: 8 year-old lay low faller was murdered inside her home. her family and morning. >>: please make a dramatic as surprising discovery. >>: when us 200 charged with homicide. but then a bachelorette party and a horrific death. >>: their lincoln limousines suddenly burst into flames and the middle of the san mateo bridge. five women died in the flame. >>: 5 been missing for 10 years and i'm here. >>: crying. >>: three women were rescued after being hostage for more than a decade. >>: aerial castro later found hanged in his prison cell. the house of horrors was torn down. >>darya: you remember some of those stories and a lot more coming up on the kron4 morning news. we'll have more on the year's top stories. we'll be right back. during sleep train's huge year efor a limited time,dels save hundreds on tempur-pedic mattresses. get the most highly-recommended bed in america at clo

. >> active incident in watertown right now. watertown east end residents to remain in their homes. >> tsarnaev was captured from his hiding place, a boat in the back yard of a watertown home. >> i do not want to believe that these were my son. >> finally out of the hospital. >> the 11-year-old has been in the thoughts of martinez residents. >> 8-year-old leila fowler was murdered inside her home. >> a small town in mourning. >> police make a dramatic and surprising announcement. >> 12-year-old brother charged with homicide. >> a bachelorette party ends in horrific death. >> flames just went -- >> their lincoln limousine suddenly burst into flames in the middle of the san mateo bridge. five women die in the flames. >> i'm here, i've been missing for 10 years. >> we found them. we found them. >> three young women were rescued after being held hostage for about a decade. >> they were bound and chains and ropes in the home. >> ariel castro later found hanged in his prison cell. the house of horrors was torn down. >> you'll want to

and joins us from watertown. the ruling by a judge, the ruling of all that information, who we are calling is likely to be a violation of the fourth amendment. other judges sided with the n.s.a. in the past. how likely is this to be the rule going forward or is this just an outlier. >> i think the fourth amendment jurisprudence, your call records was a little in flux. we have a court ruling from the secret court which approved the surveillance, and they found it to be constitutional. they relied on a 1970s case from the supreme court called fish versus maryland, finding a single pen register that recorded phone numbers recorded over a period of days was constitutional. the judge found that ruling doesn't apply when you look at the program running over years and years and years and is not picking up one person's information. it's picking up millions. >> despite being authorised by the courts. >> the ruling was not directly in front of the court. but the court was able to do an independent constitutional on whether

this is around watertown. in the next 48 hours, we're looking for more than a foot again.cuse, close to four. buffalo, over ten inches. that very cold air, it's coming right over the lake. that arctic chill this morning feels like this. 34 below in fargo. minneapolis, hello to you. it feels like >>> this weather report is brought to you by keurig. you know i laughed the last couple weeks about playing that game. it could be colder. can't play it. it can't get colder. >> you win. >> thanks, ginger. >>> coming up, $100 million lawsuit against supermodel elle macpherson's billionaire husband. is there a cover-up in his role of a deadly helicopter crash? >>> it was the closet in "clueless." now, there's a real version that you can use to get the perfect fit. real version that you can use to get the perfect fit. give me a second, pete. go. man's second best friend. brew the love. keurig. could there be another way? and conventions, la vie est belle. la vie est belle, the new eau de parfum, lancôme. now at macy's, your fragrance destination. ♪ [ male announcer ] hurry in and get

from watertown massachusetts. great to have other judges have sided with the n.s.a. in the past. how likely is the ruling or rule going forward, or is this just an outlier. >> i think the whole fourth amendment jurize prudence around collecting metadata is in flux. we have a court ruling from the secret fiva court which approved the surveillance and they found this to be constitutional. they relied on a 1970s case from the supreme court called smith versus mary land finding a single pen register found phone numbers called from a single telephone was constitutional. what the judge found was the ruling doesn't apply when you are looking at a program that runs over years, and years and years and is not picking up one person's information. it's picking up millions, hundreds of millions. >> despite being authorised by the pfizer court. >> the ruling was not in front of the court, but it was able to do an independent constitutional analysis on whether or not the section 215 program, the metadata was constitutional. in the ruling the judge said: >> now, jim, part of me has to ask how in

from watertown, massachusetts. thank you for joining us. first, what is your reaction to the designation that the muslim brotherhood is now a terrorist organization. i wish i could say ways surprised. i'm not surprised. it is yet another step in the military government's movement towards finalizing this coup. now the story is not done. we have see see what the constitution is going to be like. whether there will be free and fair elections. but from the eve of the coup on there have been a series of steps that looked like the battle days when in fact the egyptian military governments have banned the muslim brotherhood. and i'm not fan of the muslim brotherhood. but if you ban a group that has 30, 45% of support among egyptian population, that sends a message. and to those folks in the brotherhood it says look, we tried this political stuff. it doesn't work. i guess we will have to try violence. road. i know a lot of egyptian support it, but this is deeply troubling. >> yeah, a group that didn't win the last election. can you imagine that hap

cops later found jakarr tsarnaev in a boat in anybody watertown, mass. >> two days after the bombinged the fertilizer plant in the town of west, texas. the blast damageed more than 150 buildings. >> gay rights took a major leap ford. delware, minnesota, new jersey, hawai'i, rhode island, reelized same-sex marriage marriage and the supreme court struck down the defense of marriage act. and struck baghdad key -- struck down key parts of the voting rights acts. and an ef5 tornado swept through moore, oklahoma, killing 23 people, including many children. 19 firefighters died after battling wildfires in arizona. investigators blamed faulty radio systems for their deaths. three women rescued after a decade as captives in a home in cleveland. ariel castro pleaded guilty to kidnapping and rain and -- rape and killed himself in prison. >> former nsa contractor ed snowden made off with thousandss of classified documents and spotted top secret phone and internet surveillance program. asiana nightflight 214 crashed at san francisco international airport. one village -- one victim survived the cr

about an inch of ice there, and watertown new york, we had over an inch and a quarter.takes half an inch of freezing rain on power lines or garages to make them come down, so you can tell why in canada, as well as northern new england that's why we had that problem. right on the edge of 33, which you can see up here towards canada. very very cold conditions as well. but this is the big difference, from what we saw yesterday. 71 yesterday, right now, we are at 52. >> appreciate it, thank you. >> a neighborhood in philadelphia has been dealing with a major water brain break. as water just poured down northwest philadelphia streets and into a busy intersection. thousands of homes and businesses, crews from the city's water department were able to begin resoaring pressure for several neighborhoods late this afternoon. here is the problem. water got inside one of the suits during share first space walk, that was on saturday. the nasa engineers are repairing one of is schooling muchs during their christmas eve orbit. two will be outside the station while another controls it's

today we're seeing a couple of lake effect snow showers around watertown.burlington picking up a little bit of snow as well. temperatures still very chilly in these areas, pamela. temperatures of 29 in syracuse. detroit is up to 34. a lot of areas that lost power are expected to get above freezing for today and the next few days. >> thanks so much, jennifer gray. we appreciate it. >>> it looks like the ice is causing problems elsewhere as well. a new research -- a new problem for a research ship stranded in the thick arctic ice. whipping winds from a blizzard pushed ice around the russian research ship freezing it in place 100 nautical miles from a french base on christmas eve. 74 crew members are on board. the chinese ship stalled out six miles from that ship. cnn's diana magnany has the very latest on the rescue efforts. >> reporter: rescue now within eyesight of the stranded vessel. it's been stuck in frozen waters around the ant arctic since monday evening. there are 74 people on board. all of them safe. all of them in high spirits says chris turney, th

there were two suspects that have been apprehended in watertown, massachusetts, about four miles from the scene of the crime of the terrorist attacks here in boston, massachusetts. there's no secondhand smoke in here... ...and no cigarette advertising around here. there's a reason we know this is really bad... ...and this is really good. there's a reason 2 in 3 people are surviving cancer. and we cannot be silent until it's 3 out of 3. this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years. make your tax-deductible donation by december 31st and help finish the fight. >>> welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the world lead now. they had been hoping for a good ice breaker for their new year's eve party but now they'll settle for a helicopter ride. 74 people have been stranded since christmas aboard a research ship that's stuck in ten foot thick ice at the bottom of the world. two ice breaker ships have suspended efforts to reach the boat. now the passengers are anxiously awaiting rescue by chopper if the weather allows it. the situation hasn'

of michigan to erie and buffalo and watertown. all going to pick up maybe a foot or more of snow.eas already have 2 feet of snow and it's not done yet. even out towards western michigan seeing perhaps 3 to 6 inches through friday. the iron range could pick up more. take a look at the cold temperatures. they are all across the northeast, new england, but also here in the plains and midwest. this is setting the stage for the next winter storm. the cold air in place, you throw moisture in there, texas and dallas, better chance of rain versus the ice and snow last weekend. we're still watching wintry mix across the midwest and snow. eventually into the weekend, the ohio valley all of the great lakes and even northeast, more snow is heading your way. then guess what, it's sticking around for the weekend as well. not the best for kids, school is out saturday and sunday. but sunday we have nfl football games again. the browns and steelers and giants all at home all seeing snow fall during the game on sunday afternoon. again, the biggest hitter with the snow for the next system will be ar

watertown could see more snow as we go through the evening hours, as well as places like buffalo, evenleveland. when you look at snow totals, two to four inches in syracuse as we go through tonight and then even in portions of maine, one to three inches possible. temperatures are still very, very cold, holding on in the 20s. detroit at 27, did not get above freezing for today. 27 in burlington right now. the good news for a lot of folks in the north, temperatures will actually get above freezing saturday and sunday. burlington, you will be at 38 on saturday. 31 on sunday, so you will have a little window where we could get some of that ice melt to go on. then detroit could reach 40 degrees on saturday. even sunday at 35. then we will get a little bit of sunshine, that will also help melt some of the ice as well. that will be good news for folks. it's actually warming across the country. denver at 51 degrees today. so it is warming across much of the country. >> really good news for people who have to still drive around new year's eve or so. thanks for that, jennifer gray. >>> let's swi

the key forces that shaped at the very pinnacle of the american elite growing up in the town of watertown york near lake ontario the playground for the rich the father was the pastor there, every morning in december they would get up early to take a cold shower the only kind their father ever permitted. say their prayers with their father's guidance and seeing some hymns then they were free to rush down to the shores of the lake where the two beloved older relatives were we team to take them out on the boats to catch the bass. these were the dominant influence in the lives of the young boys as they grew up. when of them was their grandfather john watson former secretary of state in the 1890's and in fact, he was the first secretary of state to preside over the american overthrow of the american government. he was secretary of state when the united states launched the overthrow of paul weiss to bring that into the united states. [laughter] the family was in to the regime change business even before the brothers were poured. grandfather foster was a pioneer who had gone out west with the id

, national security expert with the mit security studies program with us out of massachusetts in watertownhow are you? bill: bill i'm fine, thank you. and thank you for your time. is this the kind of thing that a terror cell would go after, cobalt 60? >> it certainly would. people who worry about terrorist a acts, this is precisely the material, cobalt 60, that people worry about because it is both highly radioactive and come in a form that would lend itself to being strapped to an explosive and used in a bomb. so when this was first reported earlier in the week, i think itç kid send off -- did send off some alarm bells at the iaea and also in law enforcement. but as happened with all these sorts of incidents, including a famous one in brazil, what has happened here is that folks stole this not knowing what they had, and then they made the fateful judgment to open up the -- to break the seal on that cobalt 60, and i would -- if i were a betting man, and i'm not -- i would bet they're not going to be long with us. bill: really? >> if they opened it up right in front of them, they are toast.

. >> all watertown residents remain in their home. >> tsarnaev was captured in the boat of the back ofe this is my son. >>> 11-year-old aaron herd has been in the thoughts of martinez residents. residents. >>> 8-year-old leila fowler was murdered inside her home. >> a small town in mourning. police make a dramatic and surprising announcement. >> police arrested leila's brother charged with homicide. >>> a bachelorette party ends in horrific death. their lincoln limousine suddenly bursts into flames in the middle of the san mateo bridge. five women die in the flames. >>> i've been missing for ten years. and i'm here. >> we found them. we found them. >> three young women were rescued after being held hostage for a decade. ariel castro was later found hung in his prison cell. the house of horrors was torn down. >> and there's a lot more news that made headlines. we'll show you more of the big stories in 2013 in just a bit. for now, we'll take a quick break and be right back. >>> a special santa spreading holiday cheer at macy's flagship store in new york city. but this st. nick wasn't eas

louis. 14 watertown, new york. this doesn't go anywhere tuesday.thern california, it has been spectacular and it continues again today with temperatures anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees above normal. the bad news on that, though, is with this we have red flag warnings with single digit relative humidity, gusty winds and warm temperatures. we've had a lot of wildfires breaking out throughout southern california. that's what's going on around the country. check out the detail on some of these floats. i mean, this is just incredible. all sorts of vegetation, plant life, everything being used on this. it really is pretty impressive. that is what's going on around the country. heres what's happening in your we are watching it looks like a little house fire, 20th and washington in the south bay, san jose. keep that in mind if you're smelling the smoke. that's what it's from. we'll have a live update in just otherwise, highs today will be comfortable, ramping up in the mid to upperi]xdok 60s. unseasonably warm yet again today. better air quality. w"z)e going

but the big area -- the big winter is going to be from syracuse north to watertown.eratures. feels like it's 21 below in minneapolis right now. chicago at 7. for today you'll feel like 3 below in chicago. 22 below in minneapolis and tomorrow morning, look at this, marquette michigan you'll feel like 24 below. 13 below in >>> temperatures are milder out there by about five degrees from 24 hours ago. i want to show you the sky over san francisco. kind of murky here. here's another spare the air day. we're going to see the haze today and tomorrow, and even with wind out there. still seeing a thick layer of haze over most of the bay area. 57 degrees in los altos. san francisco looking comfortable. 58 in free metropolitan, and 58 on the way to pleasanton. we do have a spare the air day today and tomorrow. better air quality on friday. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks. coming up next, safety tips to think about while you're out shopping over the next couple of weeks. you wouldn't believe how easy it is to steal your personal ♪ [ male announcer ] even well-

so rain coming down and freezing on contact with places like watertown, burlington and bangor, maine,s all the way through the night and tomorrow morning. things gradually ease up later in the day tomorrow with temperatures by sunday night getting finally above freezing. maybe some melting coming back be into play after all the isaac calculates tonight and tomorrow. back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> new action this weekend by targeting to ease fears over that huge credit and debit card security breech. the retailer is extending 10% employee discount to shoppers starting today. but many questions remain unanswered and customers remain angry. >> scares me to death because i shop at target almost are daily. >> sunday i was just looking at my account information and saw that there was some large purchases on there. so i canceled the card and actually, i didn't hear about this till my mom told me this morning. so i went and got cash before i came. >> joining me now reporter jane o'donnell who has been covering the target story. first off, jane with a welcome to you any new insight into w

security studies program is in watertown massachusetts. good morning to you, mr walsh.hat do you make of a which i h skepticism about, but he had in a short period of time consolidated his power. that would appear not to be the case. shocking that they'd excuse someone so high, and doubly shocking that they'd do to publicly, admitting that there was challenge to his rule. >> he was appointed to the current leader's father and married to the sister of his father. >> he was pumped recently and rehabilitate and brought back. he won't come back from this. he was thought of the a moderate reform, a person with good relations with china and the chinese. there's concerns about whether this will be not simply a family matter but have an impact on policy china, have to be careful, handle north korea with kid gloves. this is a period they are liable to do anything. >> what are the implications for the region's kags would be a t the toolbox. >> wasgn powers. folks do stuff damned the. i think about internal. >> adding up the cost of civil war. the government of sri lanka begins a

joining us is jim walsh, research associate in watertown massachusetts. good morning.s described as the number 2 in the regime. if this proves to be true, this represents a major shakeup in the regime, doesn't it? >> it's huge, stephanie. it's huge news, and it is big news. we're not sure why, and since we're not sure why, we're not sure what it means going forward. this was the young kim's uncle who was supposed to shepherd him through this process, and the most important organizing principle is this relationship to the country. we'll look back on this some years down the road and put our finger on these last couple of days as marking a turning point in north korean history. >> one thing we do know about un's uncle is that he was close to his father, could this indicate that kim jong un is taking a different path away from his father? >> it could mean that. unfortunately we have way more theories than facts. it seems three possibilities. one is he engaged in some really bad activity that got him and his aids in this trouble. another possibility is this is the conseque

i had a constituent family from watertown, south dakota, who writes this. you need to know how obamacare is harming my life and health care. we were one of the families that lost their health care plan. we heard president obama say if you like your health care, you can keep it. that was a lie. our new health care plan is going to cost our family $21,600 a year compared to the health care plan of 2013 which cost us us $7,335.96. that is a 300% -- 300%-plus increase. we're a healthy family of six people. we are outraged and upset. madam president, these letters and calls to my office echo similar complaints from american families back home in my state of south dakota and all across the country. obamacare is costing this family more money and denying them the plan that they want. that is the real-life, real-world impact. this is really, if you think about it, pretty staggering. new health care plans going to cost a family over $21,000 a year compared to $7,335 today. a 300-plus percent increase for a healthy family of six. you can't blame them when they say th

john from watertown, new york on our line for independents. caller: good morning. have got two comments. the first one, i have seen stories where people are getting more in unemployment benefits than they would be getting if they were in the marketplace working. with stories like that it makes me hesitant to support any extension of long-term unemployment. host: as an incentive to stay out of the workforce? caller: exactly. if i am going to sit at home and collect more money than i would if i was working, i am just going to sit home and do nothing. hear all these people complaining about how this congress is on the least productive in history. is not a bad thing to sit back and do nothing. look at the stimulus that was passed by the democrats. back in the first term of the president. we spent billions of dollars. we were told unemployment would be down to 5%. if we had done nothing, would we be in a different position? our debt would be lower. host: john from new york. tweets coming in. if you want to join the conversation. in,. democrats are bragging and then they

phone jim walsh joins us now from watertown, massachusetts.morningthis is the first td these arguments aired in public. viewers can find this opinion on line. it's lengthy, 68 pages, heavily footnoted, sites lots of case law in some cases agrees with government claims but at the core makes a sweeping judgment expectation of privacy. >> part of the judge's reasoning was that he didn't see enough evidence that these types of surveillance were effective in preventing imminent attacks. point that i've had doubts about. this judge finds that not in a single instance was the use of met at a data related to the prevention of a terrorist attack. so, it's the government making the claim we're going to vital your privacy but it's for the good of national security, then you have to prove that claim. you have to prove thatgle insta. that's probably the most important finding. >> keith alexander buttressing what president obama has said has also said there isn't a better way to help defend the country other than these type of n.s.a. activities. can we ever

we turn on the lake-effect snow the next 36 hours south of buffalo, around the watertown area.half foot or more of snow. through tomorrow morning, maybe a dusting to three to five inches of snow falling here in maine. as we head toward tomorrow, still seeing a few snow showers, heaviest snow coming off the great lakes. temperatures here are about average. they'll be slowly warming up about, but not that big thaw. then for travelers, the northeast is quiet this weekend. but then saturday you look toward the gulf coast and southeast, scattered showers and thunderstorms. can't rule out strong and severe thunderstorms here. this continues to expand across the region on sunday and then push in the midatlantic. areas in the northeast will see some snow showers. then enough cold in here where we see sleet, more freezing rain. we'll see a lot more rain up the albany area. maine and northern new england could still see some ice as we head into this sunday. craig? >> paul goodloe, thank you, sir. >>> from gift cards to gift returns, those hoping to cash in on major post christmas holiday

we are still seeing the snowflakes fly just coming in off the great lakes around watertown.w off and on throughout the day. as we see this all lifting up towards the snort, boston and in land is where we have the freezing rain, but further south, the wintery weather has switched over to just plain rain. we are actually seeing it come around heavy at times around the baltimore, d.c. area this morning. it is bringing our visibility down to just around two miles around our nation's capitol. we have a few scattered rain showers later today and this milder air, we could be in line for a few showers, as well. >> peel i don't know tolling discovered the skeleton of a dinosaur that lived 130 million years ago. this 26-foot long reptile swam in the southern ocean when the earth was far warmer than today. this was discovered in the columbia. they have been found previously in other areas. >> a revolutionary leukemia treatment uses the patient's own system in a modified version of the h.i.v. virus. >> for bob, an avoid cyclist, getting back on his bike is no small feat. last year, the

have another small system coming on by, beginning to drop an inch or two. 4 inches around buffalo, watertown our country. it's in europe. i'll get to that in a second. there goes the low that's going to make its way into upstate new york. if you're skiing in whistler, a lot going on today. high today, memphis 49, atlanta 54 and all the way to new orleans. if you haven't heard about this, the uk, scotland, ireland, just got chakd by a storm on christmas eve. this was the lowest pressure recorded in the uk since the 1800s. if you're flying or expecting someone from the uk, 53 miles per hour later on this afternoon in london, 58 in dublin. the wind continues. this pressure is equal to a category 2 hurricane. that's how big the winds are. that's just planes that look big. they're not really that big. they're flying from the uk. chris? >> thanks, chad, appreciate it. speaking of flying, if you did take a flight this holiday season, notice that people seem to be closer to you. you weren't imagining anything. it's true. they were closer. why? airlines are making seats smaller and smaller. meanwhile

but, again, the heaviest snow between watertown, syracuse, new york, upwards of a foot and a half toeet of snow on top of what they've already gotten. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. . >>> another chilly start to the bay area this morning as you can see numbers in the 30s and 40s, clear skies now in san francisco. we should see numbers climbing through the upper 50s as we get into the afternoon. you see around the peninsula, 58 in palo alto, 59 san jose, upper 50s san francisco, mid-50s in napa. seven-day forecast shows warmer changes ahead. the temperatures climbing into the mid-60s next week. >>> the movies to beat with seven nominations each. nbc joe is in los angeles this morning with the latest. joe, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. early in the aaward season. those two movies are leading the pack. when it comes to the golden globes one is a drama and the other fits into the comedy category. they won't go head-to-head for "12 years a slave" the movie about a free man sold into slavery continued to rack up nominations, se

so by friday evening, this evening from kansas city, chicago, cleveland, watertown, icing.aturday afternoon, look how much rain into early sunday morning. we're talking about icing of up to half an inch. central oklahoma all the way up into the great lakes and there's snow with this system just west of chicago we're talking about 9 to 12 inches of snow. it's a severe snow system that brings in a risk of strong storms from austin to little rock. then saturday, this is the day that we're most concerned about, a risk of strong storms. we will probably see tornadoes on saturday and then as we move into sunday, more wet weather, more strong storms from mobile, alabama, louisiana, all the way in >>> happy friday, bay area. time now 9:11. temperature outside mostly in the 40s. climbing to the 50s in some cities. beautiful clear sky, and a nice-looking day shaping up. also, as we get into this weekend, we're going to warm up a touch, and christmas is looking fantastic. if you have friends, family coming into town, we'll end up in the mid 60s. 65 degrees come wednesday, christmas da

and it's going to drop about 1 to 2 feet of snow between pulaski and watertown in upstate new york.o, guys, it's a quick hit. and then we've got another system coming out of alaska. it may affect us here in the northeast by the weekend. >> wow. >> and cold temperatures. >> exactly. >> all right, al. thanks very much. natalie is here. she has got more on a government surveillance program that's getting a lot of attention this morning. rpths that's right. good morning to you guys and good morning, everyone. new details emerging this morning on the spying program made public by former nsa agent, edward snowden. the surveillance apparently went far beyond computers and cell phones. according to various media reports this morning, american and british intelligence operations had been spying on gamers across the world for years. articles in the "new york times" and "the guardian" detail the programming in which they sent spies into virtual universes to monitor activity in online fantasy games, such as "world of war craft." spy an agencies have worried that such games serve as a good cover