. >>> the nsa program is saved. a sharply divided house votes down the measure that limits the agency ee power that would collect phone data from american citizens. >>> and anthony weiner faces a tough crowd. he's put on the spot during a public forum. this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, july 25th, 2013. good morning. food to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, this morning it's unclear what caused a passenger plane to jump the tracks in northwestern spain. local officials say at least 77 people were killed. more than 100 others were injured. the eight-car train derailed on a sharp curve near the city of santiago decompostela before sunset yesterday. the derailment was so violent that rail cars were thrown on top of each other. there were 218 passengers on board and many of them were trapped in the wreckage. alphonso van marsh has more. >> reporter: firefighters doused a smoking train car shortly after the derailment in northwestern spain. rescuers rushed to the crash that happened just before 9:00 p.m

the nsa's wholesale gathering of u.s. on records was enabled by previously unknown decision by the foreign intelligence surveillance act court. under the patriot act, businesses can be forced to turn over customer's records of investigators can prove they are "relevant to an authorized investigation care co. the wall street journal reports in a series of order stating back to the mid-2000s, the fisa court, , endorsed an expansion of the word relevant to mean an entire database of records on millions of people. in its twows, this leading critics of nsa surveillance, ron wyden and mark udall, confirmed the expansion of what constitutes relevant is what they've meant a long accusing the government of a secret interpretation of the patriot act. protests were held across the u.s. on the fourth of july to protest war lesson sweeping government surveillance. called by a new group restore the fourth, a reference to the constitutional protection against illegal search and seizure. hundreds turned out in dozens of cities including

we need outside auditing of what the nsa has been doing all these years. the nsa at present doesn't have someone who's not part of their overall program, examine whether they are complying with the content of information, unless we have some reasonable suspicion or otherwise, and why would we expect an agency to call its own people to account 37. >> in a letter to the justice department, you describe what your son did as civil disobedience. there are those who say, look, civil disobedience is accepting the ramifications of your actions of your decision, of taking the punishment, why do you see this as civil disobedience. >> first of all, i think he is accepting the consequences. you look at his 12 minute video, and what he said, he's not living a comfortable life at this point. he's an american, he knows his country. i know my son, i know he loves his country. what he believed is that this information, the american people needed to be aware of what their government was doing to them. spying upon them. >> i would interject on this issue of civil disobedienc

as a source behind the nsa leaks. snowden revealed the u.s. government forced verizon to hand over the phone records of millions of americans. he also revealed a secret program revealed by the nsa, called prism. he gave this interview to the guardian. >> i think the public is owed an explanation of the motivations behind the people who make these disclosures that are outside of the democratic model. >> snowden didn't hide his identity, but he did hide his exact location. revealing only that he was somewhere in hong kong and hinted about a life on the run. >> i could rendered by the cia. i could have people come after me, and that's a fear i'll live under for the rest of my life, however long that happens to be. >> reaction to snowden's public revelations was mixed. a hero to some, but to others -- >> this guy is a trader, a defector, he's not a hero. >> it's a giant violation of the law. >> i think he's a trader. >> five days after snowden's identity was revealed. he was charged with espionage. days later, snowden with the help of wikileaks ma

now the obama white house nsa went into red alert. oh, my god, we got an republican on this so they might win. if it's just democrats worried about civil liberties oh, democrats, about you oh, my god it's the republicans. the white house put up this statement: >> cenk: i know, you're all so reasonable as you shred the fourth amendment this is them saying fear mongering, they're coming in here, no no, it's not a blunt instrument. they're totally wrong. this is a rare case where republicans and democrats come in using scalpels, this is wrong and we'll take away funding to do so. in my opinion, it's perfect. my opinion came close to mattering but they did not. they had the vote in the house 217-205, really close but they lost and the administration and the establishment and the nsa won again. >> i think maybe they're convincing me, at least the obama administration, not the policy, but they believe all of these lies, or things they need to do. maybe they're finally buying into their bs. there is a fear. they know it's circumventing the c

i don't know what is in everyone of nsa's databases. >> yes, ma'am? >> you mentioned with regard to the collection of business records you don't think individuals have legitimate expectation of privacy because they already disclose information to a third party, so many of these tech companies have not monopoly on the services they provide and when individuals can receive those services without agreeing to all the terms would you consider that meaningful as far as providing that information to a third party? >> the relevant issue is not whether i would but whether the courts would and the courts do. the seminal case involves things like bank records. we need to have put bank account and we disclose bank records and we can generate those records, telephone companies use to be a monopoly. telephone calling records were held not to be subject to reasonable expectation of privacy. it is the same principle. >> at least one extraordinary surge, i want to make sure i understood. i understand among internal controls of the fisa process is look at examining the

and the nsa has wildly exceeded the scope of the legal limits that the law allows. there are all sorts of admissions, including this week in a letter to senator wyden that it exceeded the legal authority it acknowledges it has. and they write it off to inadvertent key strokes. the realy issue is they have de this in complete secrecy. nobody monitors who they're eavesdropping on.

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them according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden -- >> according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden, germany's own intelligence is in bed with the nsa. >> many are wondering who in berlin new about the spying =-- in berlin knew about the spying. >> the spotlight is on the bnd, alleged to have known about the nsa's massive surveillance program and even to have supported about it -- supported it. the report is making waves. the government response has so far been they. -- vague. >> the bnd mandate includes partnership with other agencies, including, for decades, the nsa. we can only protect our citizens from the threat of terrorism if we work together with other agencies. that cooperation takes place strictly in accordance with the law. >> the spokesman said the interior minister' washington this week would aim to shed light on the affair. he also said the german justice minister was still awaiting an answer to a letter demanding an expert nation from her american counterpart. the opposition believes trade talk with washington should be postponed. >> you cannot start talks in these ci

national scaredy agency, the nsa. their spiegel suggested germany and the u.s. may have cooperated more closely than previously assumed and nsa spying software being used by german intelligence services. opposition politicians demanded the chance -- demanded the chancellor make connections the agency. >> the chancellor must have known what the americans were up to. i can't believe she's the one person who didn't know what your money's agency had been practicing for years. but the focus on the chief of staff. he's responsible for coordinating the intelligence agencies and informing parliament about their work. on thursday, he faced questions before a parliamentary committee about germany possible when in the scandal. >> there have been speculations that massive amounts of data on german citizens were given to the nsa. that assertion is definitely he saidea >> intelligence agencies had not broken the law. but with a general election in september, the issue of data protection is unlikely to go away. >> the eu foreign ministers placed hezbollah on the list of terror

a top executive says the claims are exaggerated. >> i was back at nsa last week, spent a couple hours out there with high level and low level nsa officials, and what i have been assured of is that there is no capability at nsa for anyone without a court order to listen to any telephone conversation or monitor e-mail. >> meanwhile, the issue sharply dividing washington. a bipartisan bill that would have essentially stopped the government from snooping by cutting funding narrowly failed in the house this week. but that's not stopping many lawmakers, including several prominent democrats from talking about how to get rid of nsa surveillance of american citizens. peter doos ee with the news from washington. peter? >> reporter: the president's privacy policy is not acceptable to some members of his own party. we've heard from several democrats this weekend that are upset the white house is standing by while the nsa collects phone records from everyday americans that haven't been charged with crimes. >> i really believe we should limit this mega data collection. the notion to collect all ph

them according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden -- >> according to nsa whistleblower edward snowden, germany's own intelligence is in bed with the nsa. >> many are wondering who in berlin new about the spying =-- in berlin knew about the spying. >> the spotlight is on the bnd, alleged to have known about the nsa's massive surveillance program and even to have supported about it -- supported it. the report is making waves. the government response has so far been they. -- vague. >> the bnd mandate includes partnership with other agencies, including, for decades, the nsa. we can only protect our citizens from the threat of terrorism if we work together with other agencies. that cooperation takes place strictly in accordance with the law. >> the spokesman said the interior minister' washington this week would aim to shed light on the affair. he also said the german justice minister was still awaiting an answer to a letter demanding an expert nation from her american counterpart. the opposition believes trade talk with washington should be postponed. >> you cannot start talks in these ci

jenna: nsa leaker spilling u.s. secrets again. this time edward snowden managed to infuriate some of america's closest allies. how much could the new charges complicate relations with our key partners? we'll talk about that at the top of the hour. today marks the 150th anniversary of the three ao-day battle of gettysburg. a turning point, a true turning point in the civil war. re-enactments of that epic showdown are already playing out today. we'll go live to that historic battlefield next hour. >> right now, branded new stories and breaking news. >> the 19 brave firefighters lost in arizona as investigation into their death continues. some of the deadliest fire fighting disasters in our nations history. all this, and millions of americans with sweltering heat. how much longer will we have to suffer through triple digits? a live report out of los angeles. in the toddler being held at knife point at a grocery store. the frantic 911 call and tell police brought the scene to an end. ♪ >> some brand-new outrage over the latest revel

history of nsa. it says -- host: that in "the washington times," if you are interested in act round of the nsa and how it came about. in other foreign affairs news, we told you yesterday that general dempsey outlined in a memo to the senate armed services committee the different options in syria. because he did that, reuters is reporting senator john mccain will not delay a vote on general dempsey's nomination to a second term as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. senator mccain says he will no longer hold up the nomination. syriac, front page of "usa today" has the story. host: that in "usa today" from page. , inside the washington post has this picture. stranded amid a government siege and alleged shift in border policy. this is one of the refugee camps in jordan here the border with syria. young syrian refugees at the camp appear from the window of their classroom. this is the site of one of the refugee cap on the jordan-that's refugee camps on the jordan -- refugee camps on the jordan- serial

we saw senator leahy there grilling this nsa official. he also said today he has seen the classified information and he actually believes that not to be the case. what do you make of that? >> you know, well, i look at this and one of the things that we just heard from snowden, he said i have the authority to do this. he, in fact, didn't have the authority to steal information and to do what he was doing. if he had a directive to do it, then, yeah, he probably had the capabilities to do it. to imply that somehow he could sit there and any moment of any day with his own authority and look at anybody, that part is what i think is brought into question. you're supposed to have a directive from someone who's saying, we have reason to believe x, y and z. i also think something else that's got to be brought up here is, if he did, in fact, have the ability to do this, where is the oversight? where is a judge? where is a court order that says, we are now allowing for a snowden, who does have the capability to do this, to then access it and not be

. >>> the federal government sheds new light on surveillance programs that were first exposed by nsa leaker edward snowden. the proposed changes to the spying program from capitol hill. >> and a bay area eating champ joey chestnut had some new competition out there and just like joey he is from san jose, as well. >> wow, that makes me hungry! hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. we are seeing the clouds parting now. will we see some summer heat soon? we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the surveillance programs tt were exposed by nsa leaker edward snowden. that's as capitol hill considers scalg back spying programs. cbs reporter susan mcginnis with >>> the federal government is lifting the veil of secrecy in the programs leaked by edward snowden. cbs reporter susan mcginnis with more on how senators are grilling intelligence officers today. >> reporter: with pressure mounting on the government to limit its surveillance of phone records, officials declassified some of the secret materials former nsa contractor edward snowden leaked to the p

the nsa is gathering information. it is like they're gathering information even on people that are friends of ours. they're trying to gather information at eu gatherings. that's what countries do. the eu countries are doing the same thing. if it they're not, it would be remarkable. >> bill: i wouldn't call bradley manning a hero. i wouldn't call edward snowden a hero. i come back to the fact that so far, i'm pleased to know -- i'm happy i know now what they did reveal. i think we're better off because we know what they did reveal and i haven't yet seen any harm done to this country by what they leaked. but juana, this gets to the issue of what nsa is up to and whether the funding should continue and in the house, it was an unusual coalition of the far left and the far right who got together and almost -- almost defunded this phone collection program by the nsa. has that -- is that over now or do you think it will continue? >> i don't think that's over. we saw representative justin amash did get a vote on his amendment

>> amendments on the nsa surveillance program. that would defund the nsa program if they do not specifically limited information on those who are investigation -- those who are under investigation. has been quite controversial. the house republican leaders delayed this bill for a week as they were trying to figure out whether or not they wanted to give the congressman to vote. they decided on monday that they would allow his amendment to receive a vote. >> what about usa to egypt and syria? being lefte all until the end of this bill. there were nine amendments offered that would restrict military aid or military action in syria without specific congressional approval. the house will vote on one of those amendments later on in. it would limit aid to egypt without specific congressional approval. this is a pushback. the administration has said it will arm the rebels. that was approved after some delay why the congressional intelligence committee. this would require the entire congress to approve the eight -- aid. >> the inclusion of

we could require the companies maintain it in easily accessible databases to the nsa when the nsa would have a fisa court order, they could get the information quickly. we want to connect the dots between terrorist suspects. but there's no reason in the world that should pull in every american's private information. >> you came seven votes short. seems to me it isn't going to take much for you guys to tweak this amendment and get it to pass the house. what would be the tweak that you think you're going to do? is it what you just said, maybe creating a part of this amendment to force the phone companies to keep this data? because that's been another reasoning, explanation that the nsa has give bn, that at phone companies destroy these records. >> i think if we had a successor program designed, which you can't do through appropriations amendment, which this was. if we can thoughtfully design a successor program that meets our national security needs but also protects our libertieliberties, that would clearly put it over the top because here we're facing, you know, this amendment through a

from into the nsa. jeff joins us now. congressman cummings how do you propose to define the nsa? >> thank you for having me on, charles. what we are going to have s the department of defense appropriations bill that will define the nsa'sollection of american records, targeted at that which is unconstitutional. >> when these agencies get money, all funding, you can actually go and say this particular part of your operation you can no longer do or we will no longer fund the. >> that is right, the language is tailored to prohibit them from using us for that particular purpose. charles: can we saylegally do what they have done is unconstitutional? anyone that i know believes it is unconstitutional. it can we say it is an improvement and therefore we are ing to defunded? >> yes, it is unconstitutional. they are going into the phone records of every american in the united states. there is no precedent in history. sometimes they like to set a court case that is not really on point at all but is clearly in viol

what the nsa is tracking here and what they can legally track. i want to recap where we were a few weeks ago in this discussion. this interchange on capitol hill as the director was testifying. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not wittingly. >> we sense have learned that wasn't entirely accurate. director clapperer apologized and said there was some misstatement there in an effort of talking about classified things in an unclassified setting. today we are learning more about this situation which the u.s. postal service can track billions of pieces of mail by taking note of what is on the outside of the envelope. not okay? >> i think it is a tough call. the defenders of the program say you have no expectation of privacy on the outside of your mail. it is the kind of data to what people are talking about with respect to the nsa's program. i guess the distinction is in the c

nsa leaker's dad talking with us. >> and not taking taxpayer money. we report you dec >>> it's a cash n inexclusive. as the plot thickens in russia, the nsa leaker's dad telling me what he thinks about calls by some lawmakers to boycott russia if it gives his son eye sigh -- asylum. wayne, is he right? >> i think it's foolish to introduce and start trying to boycott russia or punish russia for something that russia had nothing to do with. at it our own fault. our own security and our background checks and all of that are at fault. this guy spilled the beans on something. we made the mistake of hiring him. it's our fault. nothing to do with the russians. it's up to us. >> john, i know -- you and i are both big-time constitutionalists. i want to go to michelle. michelle, where do you stand on ed snowden leaking the nsa secrets. >> i think that he needs to come back and face the charges. i of you do an act of civil disobedience or you're a who isle blower, have the courage to stay and face the charges. i don't think we should take it out on russia, and r

nsa director keith alexander met with lawmakers behind closed doors tuesday urging them to vote no. >> i think it's important for the defense of our country. >> reporter: lawmakers who serve on the intelligence committees have known about the scope of the surveillance programs for years and many are strongly defending them. maryland democrat dutch runnersberger says it's vital too catching terrorists. >> i definitely feel the amendment would hurt our national security and subject us to terrorist attacks. >> reporter: the white house is also urging lawmakers to vote no on the amendment saying it would dismantle the nation's intelligence community. on capitol hill, danielle nottingham, kpix 5. >> the white house has asked russian authorities for clarity on snowden's status. the administration wants snowden back in the u.s. to face espionage charges. >>> former congressman anthony weiner is back on the campaign trail a day after he apologized for his latest "sexting" scandal. reporters swarmed him as he stepped out of his apartment a few hours ago. the "new york times" and the "daily new

he is under fire for failing to get answers about the nsa's prism program. a spokesman stepped in to deny claims the military knew about it for years. >> to german intelligence agency states the matter in question is a nato program, not identical with the nsa's prism and not confidential. >> berlin says nato hoss is dropping as part of the afghanistan mission, and despite having the same acronym, it is not related to u.s. intelligence gathering -- berlin says nato's prism is part of the afghanistan mission. >> i get the sense the government does not plan to put anything forward before the september 22 election. dragging this out is very useful for the coalition. >> the interior minister says there is little to add until the u.s. shares more information. >> we are not dealing with across the board data storage of what people are saying to one another, like the media keeps suggesting. >> it is alleged the media has been recording contact data of internet users, including those in germany. with so many unanswered questions, problem and's intelligence oversight

now the former nsa contractor is asking for help from other nations. he's been holed up at a moscow airport for more than a week. u.s. officials want him to return to face espionage charges. >> there have been high-level discussions with the russians about trying to find a solution. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin said he won't send snowden back to the united states. but added that snowden will have to stop leaking nsa secrets if he wants asylum. on monday, wikileaks published a statement from snowden saying the obama administration is actively trying to prevent him from gaining asylum. now, it's being reported that after promising not to do so, president to pressure the leaders of the nations from which i have requested protect to deny my asylum petitions. >> the europeans are some of the closest allies that we have in the world. >> reporter: meanwhile, president obama deflected criticism over new leaks related to snowden. this week, a german magazine reported the nsa bugged european offices in washington, d.c., new york and brussels. >>

then had you boehner and pelosi agreeing to give the nsa the latitude. this is alice in wonderland stuff. this is through the looking glass. i don't even understand this. >> that is why we are so ambivalent abouted ward snowden. yes, he is a man who exposed these secrets and he ran to china and russia and how dare he and he deserves the full weight of the law to crush his egoism and his hypocrisy. on the other hand, he has raised some issues that we couldn't even talk about a week ago or before snowden, rather. if you had spoken or debated the nsa program, you would have been arrested for revealing the nation's secrets. now, everyone is talking about it. a lot of people are very uncomfortable about what the nsa does, so, it is not surprising that the father still generates some sympathy. we want the book thrown at the son but my goodness it's not like he committed some some horrible violent crime. >> laura: geraldo, thanks very much. next on the run down, bill sits down with andrew dice clay who made surprising comments about his raunchy routine when we

today the house will vote on amendments to a nearly $600 billion defense bill that would block the nsa from gathering phone records of millions of americans. tara mergener is in washington with more on that. good morning, tara. >> good morning, anne-marie. white house press secretary jay carney released a statement late last night saying that while the president is open to a discussion of domestic surveillance tactics, the house amendment stripped the nsa of one of its most important counterterrorism tools. me meanwhile it could also have an impact on how the u.s. gets involved in the conflict in syria. general chief alexander made an emergency visit to capitol hill on tuesday. he asked lawmakers from both parties to oppose an amendment to a defense bill that would stop his agency from collecting phone records from millions of americans. the legislation is one of the first actions by congress against the nsa since former contractor edward snowden leaked details of the agency's domestic spying programs last month. michigan republican congressman justin amosh introduced the amendment and

he is making claims that organizations are helping the nsa. and snowden said y he said the information. >> reporter: snowden is at itit again more video has been released. in it he alleges that major companies are in line with nsa, companies like google, apple,pl, microsoft, they get together and provide nsa direct access to the back end of the all the systems that you use to communicate andn even to send birthday wishes. asked why he leaked th the information. >> i don't want to live in a l world that everything i say, eff expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded. >> reporter: snowden isow believed to be stranded in a moscow airport trying to reachah any country that has granted him asylum, not an easy task since his passport was revoked by washington. the obama administration,on, advised governments against allowing snowden to land on their territory. >> we are clear we would like to see him return, if he was granted asylum that would impact our bilateral relationship. >> reporter: his is one of several country that has off

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is true, he had to take ones that included very sensitive blueprints of how the nsa does what they do and so he's in possession of literally thousands of documents that contain very specific blueprints that would allow somebody who read them to know exactly how the nsa does what it does, which would in turn allow them either to evade that surveillance or replicate it. >> greenwald says snowden has demanded the details of the documents not be made public. he has been stuck at moscow's airport since june 23rd without a passport. on friday's notice that he was willing to meet vladimir putin condition that he stop the leaks in exchange for asylum. as of this morning, the russian authorities say they have not received any requests. >>> this morning, a 6-year-old illinois boy remains in critical condition after being pulled from a sand dune hole. officials say that nathan woessner was buried for about 4 1/2 hours. according to newly released 911 calls, nathan's father and a family friend tried hand digging him out before rescuers and heavy equipment arrived. >> my friend's son, he got stuck

advocacy groups is suing the nsa. it includes human rights watch and groups representing muslims, environmental activists and others. representatives of the coalition filed the suit with the federal district court in california. they're demanding the nsa halt its checked of phone communications and destroy any information it has stored. it argued the nsa is spying on ordinary u.s. citizens and they say that's against the constitutional rights of free speech and association. a u.s. civil rights organization filed a similar suit against the nsa last month in new york. the agency has suspended the intelligence gathering programs saying they have prevented terrorist attacks. >>> cuban officials admit a stash of weapons on a north korean cargo ship came from their country, but they say the soviet-era arms were being sent to the north for repair. authorities policing the panama canal discovered the weapons hidden in a shipment of sugar. in a statement released late tuesday, the cuban foreign ministry confirmed that the carg

llu: the head of nsa said exactly that directed to the congress of the united states, talking about the lasting damage , the significant damage. at this point what does this administration have available to it to seek out, find, and return him to justice for her -- wherever he may be? >> they should go to the russian spirit the part of the problem is this is a pattern. no one feels they will be tough enough to do anything, but they could go to the russians as to the missile seld, a goodwill gesture, we are rethinking that policy. we can also get to them and say, you want american health and technology. the eastern siberian. you know, we won't do any of this because of the way you're treating yes. it's a slap in t face. lou: my hope, if i may add this to the brew here. my hope would be that we hav intelligence assets such thate would not need to go through diplomatic channels but we would exact, if you will, a certain amount o justi on the behalf of the united states t that is appropriate. i will leave it in those terms. thank you very much. scandals erupt in the obama administration. th

. >>> the nsa's deputy director faces tough questions about edward snowden today. the former head of the nsa out front to respond. what is going on at america's airports. more than 9,000 cases of misconduct by employees of the tsa. let's go outfront. >>> the national security agency under fire again for its spying programs. today the obama administration declassified and released three documents outlining the phone and internet data collection programs. right before that agency's deputy director faced tough questions on capitol hill about edward snowden. >> for a 29-year-old school dropout to come in and take out massive, massive amounts of data, it is obvious that there weren't adequate controls. has anyone been fired? >> not yet. >> who double checked snowden? >> there are checks at multiple levels. >> obviously failed. >> outfront tonight general hayden who ran the nsa until 2005. thank you very much for being with us. i want to start with the back and forth that you heard there. obviously as you heard and nearly half a million private contractors have access to

new nsa leaks show the u.s. is spying on our ally overseas. martha: jennifer lopez in some hot water after wishing happy birthday and singing happy birthday, mr. president, to a notorious dictator. what she is now saying. we'll tell you, breaking news on that when we come back. the great outdoors, and a great deal. grrrr ahhh let's leave the deals to hotels.com. perfect! yep, and no angry bears. up to 30% off. only at hotels.com. martha: there is pefp an intense search and rescue operation underway after a small plane crashes in ocean city, maryland. the single engine plane went down yesterday. no word on what caused the crash or how many people were on board at the time of the accident. bill: this is tough, tough work and these are tough, tough men. they have experience, this is what they are trained for. how is it that you find yourself in a situation where the fire line change is in an instant and you have no chance of getting out. >> a wind shift can do it for you very quickly. i've been trapped on two fires in the time that i was active a

nsa up last week, spent a couple of hours with high-level and low-level nsa officials. what i have been assured of is here is no capability at nsa for anyone without a court order to listen to phone conversations or to monitor e-mail. we do not monitor e-mails, and that is what assures me that the reporting is incorrect. they used to be, but that stopped two or three years ago. i feel confident that there may have been some abuse, but if it was, it was pure accidental. >> all of this comes as attorney general eric holder sends a letter to the russian foreign minister, insisting the u.s. would not seek the death penalty against edward snowden and would issue him a limited validity passport good for direct return to the united states. they also offered assurances that they would not torture snowden. for more, we are joined by michael ratner, attorney for julian assange and wikileaks. michael, this letter that was sent by attorney general eric holder to his russian counterpart who says we will not torture or kill snowden. >> it is not worth anything and is laughable. it is

telling that the documents are basically an instruction manual for how the nsa is built. >> in order to take documents that proved that say it was true, he had to take onces that included very sensitive blueprints of how the nsa does what they do and so he's in possession of literally thousands of documents that contain very specific blueprints whoo allow somebody who read them to know exactly now the nsa does what it does. which would in turn allow them to either replicate that evidence. >> greenwald said he has specific documents. the few tough has been stuck at moscow's airport since june 23rd without a passport. on friday's notice that he was willing to meet vladimir putin condition that he stop the leaks in exchange for asylum. as of this morning, the russian authorities say they have not received any requests. >>> this morning, a 6-year-old remains in critical condition after being pulled from a sand dune hole. officials say that nathan woessner was buried for about 4 1/2 hours. name and his father began hand digging him out before rescuers and equipment arrived. >> my friend's

llu: the head of nsa said exactly that directed to the congress of the united states, talking about the lasting damage , the significant damage. at this point what does this administration have available to it to seek out, find, and return him to justice for her -- wherever he may be? >> they should go to the russian spirit the part of the problem is this is a pattern. no one feels they will be tough enough to do anything, but they could go to the russians as to the missile shield, a goodwill gesture, we are rethinking that policy. we can also get to them and say, you want american health and technology. the eastern siberian. you know, we won't do any of this because of the way you're treating yes. it's a slap in the face. lou: my hope, if i may add this to the brew here. my hope would be that we have intelligence assets such that we would not need to go through diplomatic channels but we would exact, if you will, a certain amount of justice on the behalf of the united states that is appropriate. i will leave it in those terms. thank you very much. scandals erupt in the obama administra

llu: the head of nsa said exactly that directed to the congress of the united states, talking about the lasting damage , the significant damage. at this point what does this administration have available to it to seek out, find, and return him justice for her -- wherever he ma be? >> they should go to the russian spirit the part of the problem is this is a pattern. no one feels they will be tough enough to do anything, but they could go to the russians as to the missile shield, a goodwill gesture, we are rethinking that policy. we can also get to them and say, you want american health and technology. the eastern siberian. you know, we won't do any of this because of the way you're treating yes. it's a slap in the face. lou: my hope, if i may add this to the brew here. my hope would be that we he intelligence assets such that we would noteed to go through diplomatic channels but we would exact, ifou will, a certain amount of justice on the behalf of the united states that is appropriate. i will leave it in those terms. thank you very much. scandals ept in the obama administration. the ir

nsa came out under his administration. high said this was laid out to search for terrorists, civil liberty remain in tact, but what happened to nsa program since its inception under bush? >> the -- with the advent of technology changing it had to have been kept up with technology. certainly there is nothing senator obama would not have liked better as possible to dismantle patriot act, and fiso act, he did everything but. once you sit in that chair, and take your ocea oath of office, u realize how important that fiso act is. he has improved on it, it was china and russia who disrespected the united states and the president with snowden. lori: thank you very much gentlemen. >> thank you very much. >> that is it, for "lou dobbs tonight," thank you for joining me. neil: ain't that rich, the leaker is looking like a loser, when it comes to countries offering snowden asylum. iit is comes to something more important, american consumer, not personal, just business, that is why so many countries are saying no to ed, they realize o

"the guardian" reporting the nsa leaker has a blue print on how the nsa operates. >>> also, he was considered the gloom of "glee." ♪ cory monteith found dead at the age of 31. >>> and a desperate rescue to save a 6-year-old boy swallowed by a sinkhole while playing on a sand dune. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> and good morning, thank you so much for joining me. i'm carol costello. the george zimmerman verdict is in, but the case is far from over. from sanford, florida, to the san francisco bay, protesters rallied against his acquittal in the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. most of the demonstrations were peaceful, but things did turn tense and ugly in los angeles. this is what it looked like last night. some protesters pelted police with rocks and batteries and officers responded by firing bean bags into the crowd. but the biggest fight may now shift to a federal court where zimmerman could face new charges. cnn's george howell is in sanford. tell us what federal prosecutors are considering. >> good morning. we're talking about the department of justice. even hea

llu: the head of nsa said exactly that directed to the congress of the united states, talking about the lasting damage , the significant damage. at this point what does this administration have available to it to seek out, find, and return him to justice for her -- wherever he may be? >> they should go to the russian spirit the part of t problem is this is a pattern. no one feels they will be tough enough to do anything, but they could go to the russians as to the missile shield, a goodwill gesture, we are rehinking that policy. we can also get to them and say, you want amecan health and technology. the eastern siberian. you know, we won't do any of this because of the way you're treating yes. it's a slap in the face. lou: my hope, if i may add this to the brew here. my hop would be that we have intelligence assets suc that we would not need to go through diplomatic channels but we would exact, if you will, a certain amount of justice on the behalf of the united stateshat is appropriate. i will leave it in those terms. thank you very much. scandals erupt in the obama administration. the

with the amendment voted down army given that nsa so much control? i think some republicans are brave enough to go against the establishment. lou: what you talking about? bid is to go, microsoft go, microsoft, facebook, they are gathering more information with the health care company's nsa tries to keep up with these son of a gun as. [laughter] >> we need to revisit all privacy laws. i am for protecting your homeland by any means this is -- necessary. lou: you sounded like you were not including us. [laughter] eighty-four being with us. up next, the president turns his focus on the economy and the markets finished lower are the two related? next. you cabe more confident in your ability to be ready. and the samech only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed andsymptoms of bph like needing to go freqntly or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and mecations, and ask if your heart is healthy engh for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drin

advocacy groups is suing the nsa. it includes human rights watch and groups representing muslims, environmental activists and others. representatives of the coalition filed the suit with the federal district court in california. they're demanding the nsa halt its collection of phone communications and destroy any information it has stored. it argued the nsa is spying on ordinary u.s. citizens and they say that's a violation of the constitutional rights of free speech and association. a u.s. civil rights organization filed a similar suit against the nsa last month in new york. the agency has defended the intelligence gathering programs saying they have prevented terrorist attacks. >>> people who work at the u.s. central bank have been busy. the chairman gave a testimony to congress and others on the board have been collecting feedback on the economy. ai uchida joins us now from the business desk. so tell us what did they have to say? >> catherine the report on the economy was not bad but bernanke, the chairman, was cle

. >> some of the information that snowden leaked indicated that the nsa was spying on our allies, not the least of which was france, spain, greece, and european union. this is right in the midst of the united states and europe trying to do a trade agreement, the biggest trade zone in the world. i think it is time for him to come back, face the music, and time for the nsa to finally tell everybody what they're doing. >> former cia director michael hayden was on a sunday show and had this to say about the point bob just made. >> number one, the united states does conduct espionage. our fourth amendment that protects privacy is not an international treaty. number three, any european that wants to go out and rend their garments with regard to international espionage should look first and find out what their own governments are doing. >> what do you think about the fake outrage like the french, how outraged they are there might be espionage. >> there are a couple things going on, because snowden is an american, putin calls him a dissident. if he was a russian, he would call him dessert for

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