the idea that edward snowden has damaged national security is ludicrous. it is not that edward snowden has exposed to secrets of the nsa, he is exposed the lies of the nsa. the director of national intelligence james clapper testified to congress the nsa was in collecting information about millions of americans and it turns out they were. the solicitor general told the supreme court the nsa was providing notice to criminal defendants who had been surveilled. it turns out they weren't. it is all of these misrepresentations about the nsa's activities that edward snowden has exposed and i think that is a great public service and a travesty that edward snowden is in russia. we are hopeful he will be able to return to the united states -- not to face criminal charges, but rather with the kind of amnesty that he deserves. >> i want to thank you both for being with us. jameel jaffer from the aclu and glenn greenwald who broke the story about edward snowden, speaking to us from brazil. now creating a new media venture with laura poitras and jeremy scahill and ebay

was edward snowden protected as an nsa contractor? >> no i'm a not at all. not at all. >> we seem to have just lost kirk wiebe on satellite. --ime then go to ben wizner think we have him back. are you there? did he have another option? >> no, he did not. it is important to realize first there are no formal whistleblower protections for members of the united states notlligence community -- just the nsa, but the cia, all of the components of intelligence and the government structure. none of those employees have formal whistleblower rights. now, are there any logical paths one could take? yes. the inspector general. there is one that the nsa. but if you believe the director of the nsa is at least in part a call. works wrongdoing, that ig for him. if you really want to put the director of the nsa on report, it has to be high-level decision and you must go above the director of the nsa, which is the ig resident with the u.s. department of defense. did.is what we we did the 2002 complaint to the dod ig, even though the report was heavily classified and really ver

does edward snowden have more to tell the world? should the nsa be afraid? >> six months ago he handed overarchives of information to three reporters, i was one of them. he's had no role in what is disclosed since, he's added nothing to what he's disclosed. to the extent he wants to participate he wants to speak as someone who interprets what we have learned says what he thinks ought to be done about it. whether the nsa is afraid or not is not for me to say. he has launched a global debate and an american debate about what the limits, boundaries should be of surveillance in a democratic society. that's ongoing. >> garrett: to think about conceptually this is a box, you might regard it as reporter as a treasure chest, michael hey done and others like pandora's box full of all sorts of damaging disclosures of what america surveys, why, how it accomplishes that. the box is in your hands, in the hands of others. more things may come out of that box but edward snowden will not be providing them. that's a finite amount he's given you and that's all it is. >> that'

whistleblower edward snowden has always maintained his motivation was to force a serious conversation about the all encompassing surveillance state well he certainly has achieved this so with mission accomplished is it time to cut a deal with them or even grant him a pardon. to cross edward snowden i'm joined by my guest mary fan in seattle she is a professor at the university of washington and a former federal prosecutor in washington we have ray mcgovern he is the co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross to timothy car he is a senior director of strategy at free press all right folks on a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington isn't it time to cut a deal with mr snowden i mean he's made his point everybody knows his name if you can if you're. literate you know who he is anywhere in the world we certainly know a whole lot more about the n.s.a. i mean isn't it time to move forward and reform the n.s.a. in the intelligence community and let this guy off the hook he did

gee here cutting a deal edward snowden has lived up to its solemn oath to protect and defend the constitution the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic a u.s. district judge now has reiterated the fact that. the n.s.a. as he put it has indiscriminately and charlie invaded our privacy in direct violation of the fourth amendment it's not that we should cut a deal with edward snowden we should praise him welcome him home for exposing what what i call incipient fascism is like when the government has all kinds of information on all kinds of people and can use it for all kinds of purposes ok timothy it well there are voices in the n.s.a. that think that they the government should talk to mr snowden i in principle i agree with ray don't get me wrong here but cutting a deal is what's being talked about meaning no more leaks and you will clear your name ok this is the kind of deal and i'm not saying it's the best deal but it is a deal that's being talked about timothy go ahead well i would say that they don't need to strike a deal at all the the whole premise of the charges against e

to cross edward snowden i'm joined by my guest mary fan in seattle she is a professor at the university of washington and a former federal prosecutor in washington we have ray mcgovern he is the co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross to timothy car he is a senior director of strategy at free press all right folks cross talk rolls in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington isn't it time to cut a deal with mr snowden i mean he's made his point everybody knows his name if you can if you're literate you know who he is anywhere in the world we certainly know a whole lot more about the n.s.a. i mean isn't it time to move forward in reform the n.s.a. in the intelligence community and let this guy off the hook he did everyone a huge favor peter i guess i would have problems with your freeze here elegy here cutting a deal. snowden has lived up to a solemn oath to protect and defend the constitution the united states against all the enemies foreign and domestic u.s. district judg

to cross-talk edward snowden i'm joined by my guest mary fan in seattle she is a professor at the university of washington and a former federal prosecutor in washington we have ray mcgovern he is the co-founder of veteran intelligence professionals for sanity and in new york we cross to timothy car he is a senior director of strategy at free press all right folks cross talk rolls in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington isn't it time to cut a deal with mr snowden i mean he's made his point everybody knows his name if you can if you're literate you know who he is anywhere in the world we certainly know a whole lot more about the n.s.a. i mean isn't it time to move forward in reform the n.s.a. in the intelligence community and let this guy off the hook he did everyone a huge favor peter i guess i would have problems with your phrase here elegy here cutting a deal. has lived up to a solemn oath to protect and defend the constitution the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic a u.s. district judge now has

s most prized spy programs on the verge of dismemberment and with edward snowden nearing vindication in the united states but if he's ever going to return home and what happens in our courts and in congress over the next few months are critically important in washington d.c. same sex party. now in the midst of this report calling into question the n.s.a.'s surveillance tactics the spy agency is also conducting a blitz of its own the n.s.a. has launched its own twitter p.r. page so far it has sent out a total of three tweets its first tweet encourage viewers to turn into that controversial sixty minutes report that media clip critics claim amounted to a p.r. job for the agency the other two tweets linked to podcasts on lawfare where our reporter interviewed the n.s.a. director of come of compliance john de long and n.s.a. general counsel d. so is the twitter account going to change the beleaguered agency's perception here to talk all things n.s.a. i'm joined now by justin wright act she is the national security and human rights director for the government accountability project and al

the week started with edward snowden reaching out to brazil and the n.s.a. making a p.r. push with the help of sixty minutes but the week is ending very very differently on monday the federal courthouse behind me delivered the first legal blow to the n.s.a. signature bulk phone records collection program a program that the world just learned about back in june as a result of edward snowden's disclosures in the case judge richard leon said i cannot imagine a more indiscriminate an arbitrary invasion than the systematic and high tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every citizen for purposes of querying it and analyzing it without prior judicial approval surely such a program infringes on the degree of privacy of the founders in shrines in the fourth amendment the program will be shut down in six months pending a government appeal after the ruling journalist glenn greenwald was quick to explain the significance of what just happened it's an extraordinary ruling ari and it's an absolute in the case and somewhere to stay safe a attributes one as a some

edward snowden, edith windsor, who was a plaintiff in the case. i had the absolute pleasure of meeting her, an incredible human being. her story is incredible. there is an incredible interview we don't have time to play right now, but we'll put up later. and bashar assad is interesting, it brought up the point that this is a moral designation, stalin won it twice, hitler has won it. but as time has gone on, "time magazine," the pr, in general, the hysterical controversy, is not going to name bashar assad. >> i think the last of the evil picks was the ayatollah after the iranian revolution in the late '70s. so i'm interested to see how did they actually frame these issues back in the day, how did they get the joseph stalin -- >> that is the difference. >> ultimately, when time magazine shows activist of the year, if we're talking about nelson mandela, see, that is what he was about. he said it is about the movements, not about the man, and that is really what makes it -- >> there was a protester in 2011, which is of course the year of the occupied

edward snowden called himself a russian house cat. never leaving his place in asylum from seeks the u.s. and stays in russia. tweetedhington post" several quotes. snowden saying i wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself. he tweeted -- "the washington post" tweeted this. i wanted the public to have a say. post," i defected from the government to the public. also, edward snowden saying this. he is working to improve bnsf. -- the nsa. i am still working for the nsa right now. they are the ones who do not realize it. "theront page of washington post. we want to get your thoughts on what edward snowden is saying. he said his mission has been a published. -- has been accomplished. "the washington post" says that during this interview, snowden curtains or step outside. russia granted him temporary asylum on august 1. he remains a target of the intelligence service. what do you think about this? republicans, (202) 585-3881. democrats, (202) 585-3880. independents and all others, (202) 585-3882. he notes in "the

contractor edward snowden which exposed america's massive surveillance. the old media organizations are we a branch of the establishment. we also talk to wiki leaks founder julian assange about the state of journalism today and his new media road movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team shawn thomas glad to have you with us now investigators say they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in southern russian city of volgograd some evidence now suggests a man that may have been involved in the first reports of those said it was a lone female suicide bomber it has been confirmed fifteen people were killed in the attack which targeted the city's central railway station. has details. the bomb went off just before one pm on the cross busy train station it did to nation ripped through an area around a security checkpoint as in suspecting passengers waited for their luggage to be inspected before leaving i bent down to

what it does is vicinity kates edward snowden. he came forward because he said he discovered what the government was doing was illegal and a federal court, not a liberal, great with him. i think it's a huge turning point in how the story played out. >> you said that the megadata collection is more invasive. >> the government tried to claim if we collect just megadata. that somehow it is not invasive. megadata is a list of every person that calls you, how long you speak on the phone, when you call them and where you are when you do so. the same is true for emails. it reveals your location, the type of device you use and the reason megadata is more ipp vasive, if you think of the example i use, a woman who calls an abortion clinic. if you listen to the woman, eavesdropping on her call, you'll hear somebody pick up the phone, answer with a generic sound, hear the woman make an appointment and hang up. you'll have it no idea what the purpose was. if you collect metadata you see that she's calling someone you identify was an abortion p

no sir while most americans think edward snowden the u.s. government tectum is a spy and a traitor united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to catering to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the u.s. like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we kill leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of u.s. involvement in wartime just another man who found himself in jail this year was john key the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate carries suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to serve his two and a half year sentence i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture in th

no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government tectum as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is advocating to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the us like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we could leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of u.s. involvement in war crimes another man who found himself in jail this year was john key the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate carries suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to serve his two and a half year sentence i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture in the hun

. >> edward snowden is hoping to make a move from moscow to brazil. the form area national security agency contract jor published a letter in a leading brazilian newspaper, pleading for sympathy. opinion is divided. >> appealing to the people edward snowden published an open letter in a leading brazilian newspaper on tuesday. not only did he hint at requesting political asylum, but alluded that he would help investigators uncover information about the united states effort to spy on brazil. they cited examples of the way braz brazil -- the u.s. spied on brazil saying: >> his appeal was met with mixed reaction in sao paulo. >> translation: edward snowden has a very important role in history are and contributed a lot by revealing the information. by considering this brazil could give him asylum. >> translation: no, brazil should not give asylum to edward snowden. he's not a person you can trust. if his own country cannot trust him, why would ours. >> brazil would be a major target of the n.s.a. spying program. documents leaked by snowden revealed that th

snowden's letter to brazil and a federal judge's ruling that agrees with edward snowden. a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. >>> after a federal court judge ruled that the nsa's mass collection of phone data is likely unconstitutional, edward snowden published an open letter to the people of brazil offering his help to the brazilian senate's investigation of the nsa's, quote, suspected crimes against the brazilian citizens. edward snowden explained that he is currently unable to help and would be an awful lot easier for him to help if he had permanent asylum in brazil. joining me now, steve clemons, washington editor at large and msnbc contributor and john schindler, former nsa analyst and counter intelligence officer. he

should he grant amnesty to edward snowden? this morning, both sides of this heated debate. >>> plus -- >> has this been the worst year of the presidency? >> after a tough year, can obama shake his second-term slump? will the least productive congress ever do better in 2014? >>> and -- >> gross sexual immorality. >> should shocking words from "duck dynasty's" commander sink the superhit? >>> plus, our new year's predictions, right here, this sunday morning. >>> hello, again, a whole lot to get to this sunday morning before christmas. and we begin with the latest on the biggest security breach in u.s. history, the surveillance program revealed by edward snowden, under fire on two fronts this week. federal judge signalling that he would strike it down. the president's handpicked panel of experts should stop picking up phone records of american people. >>> at the press conference, president obama seemed to agree. we'll take on that debate. first, the backstory from chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: george,

no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government tectum as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to catering to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the u.s. like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we could leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and b.t.o. proof of u.s. involvement and i don't find. another man who found himself in jail this year was john key the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate care suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to have served his two and a half years sentence which i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is a

tell us about this alternative address from snowden, phil. >> richelle edward snowden apparently taped this in moscow and it will be airing shortly on britain's channel 4. we expect -- we do have an early release transcript of what he will say, and the bulk of it is about privacy issues, and in particular edward snowden says that children born today may grow up in a world where they have no idea what personal privacy is. he -- he pointed out several issues about technology and how easy it is to eavesdrop on all of us now a days with our smartphones and internet access. he also in particular points out the british author george orewell's 1984 novel in which of course famously there is the presence of big brother in everyone's lives. so it this a tradition in britain, and many will be looking to see exactly what edward snowden says. as you say his first televised appearance. >> you say that this is a tradition in britain. give us a little bit more of the history of this channel 4 alternative address. who else has done this? >> well, notably then iranian president did it one year. channel

all that domestic spying revealed by edward snowden only added. an insult to injury so it seems that the least a failure is is so long that claiming that it was a success is a bit premature don't you think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist plots in pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies and in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they miss collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways to get better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of alleged failures it hasn't always been the case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress that the central intelligence agency did provi

contractor edward snowden which exposed america's mass surveillance. the old media organizations are simply a branch of the establishment. we also talk to we could leaks founder julian assange about the state of journalism today and his new media standard road movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets. and broadcasting a lot of direct from our studios in moscow this is our team sean thomas let's get right to our top story in investigators say they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in the southern russian city of volgograd that killed fifteen people ninety's correspondent margaret how will be joining us later with more information we'll bring you her report a little bit later but anti-war activist don de bar now he believes that the international community should have bring to account the state actors that enable such terrorist attacks. people on the ground who did this perhaps may be you know anonymous players just individuals who are incited one way or another but you d

you know all that domestic spying revealed by edward snowden only added. an insult to injury so it seems that the least a failure is is so long that claiming that it was a success is a bit premature don't you think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist plots in pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies and in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they missed collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways to get better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of alleged failures it hasn't always been the. case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress that the central intelligence agency did pr

taking edward snowden was one. second more profoundly in terms of long term implication will be damage to alliance manage the. one of the key foreign policy tools of this administration, that means just getting everyone on board at the same time. whether it's about iran or any of the other challenges out there. and this really stressed the lines of our european partners and others around the world. >> one of the things that was learned this week, that the american public can digest on its own, judge leon's ruling where he said it was likely unconstitutional, this blanket holding and collection of data said the government given many opportunities could not cite a single instance when this surveillance stopped or thwarted an emerging attack. also said we have not found conclusively whether this stopped a terrorist attack from happening. that's not information the american public had before. that's going to increase the intensity of this debate, the utility of this particular kind of surveillance and what role edward

you know all that domestic spying revealed by edward snowden only added. an insult to injury so it seems that the least a failure is is so long that claiming that it was a success is a bit premature don't you think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist plots in pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies and in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they miss collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways. it gets better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of the legend failures it has always been the case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress the the central intelligence agency did prov

you know all that domestic spying revealed by edward snowden only added. an insult to injury so it seems that the least a failure is is so long that claiming that it was a success is a bit premature don't you think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist plots in pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies and in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they miss collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways to get better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of the legend failures it hasn't always been the case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress. the central intelligence agency did provid

you know all that domestic spying revealed by edward snowden only added. an insult to injury so it seems that the least a failure is is so long that claiming that it was a success is a bit premature don't you think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist plots in pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to. come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they miss collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways to get better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of alleged failures it hasn't always been the case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress that the central intelligence agency did provide

spying on world leaders as revealed by edward snowden. be interested to know mr chairman we would be happy to make you down to the committee and spend a couple of hours going through mounds of product that would allow a member to be as informed as a member we should as to be on sources and methods and all activities of the intelligence community under the national intelligence framework i would just say and i just think we need to be careful. about what i mean we do this and you don't you wish to use the classification and i think would be disingenuous mr chairman if you suggesting we have information if we don't have it so after that after what you saw there can we really buy the argument that these committees had enough knowledge all along to perform proper oversight of american spy agencies i don't think so snowden also had a message from the n.s.a. he said i'm not trying to bring down the n.s.a. i'm working to improve the n.s.a. i'm still working for the n.s.a. right now just they are the only ones who don't realize it now this is the

spying on world leaders as revealed by edward snowden. be interested to know the stream and we would be have got to make it down to the committee and spend a couple of hours going through mounds of product that would allow a member to be as informed as a member we should is to be on sources and methods and all activities of the intelligence community under the national intelligence framework i would just say and i just think we need to be careful when i talk about it but i we need to assume you don't you wish to use the classification and i think would be disingenuous mr chairman if you suggesting we have information if we don't have it so after that after what you saw there can we really buy the argument that these committees had enough knowledge all along to perform proper oversight of american spy agencies i don't think so snowden also had a message from the n.s.a. he said i'm not trying to bring down the n.s.a. i'm working to improve the n.s.a. i'm still working for the n.s.a. right now just they are the only ones who don't realize it

probing the damage edward snowden caused say he gave the keys to the kingdom toen ms. . who want to know u.s. intelligence capabilities. to, enemies, who want to know u.s. intelligence capabilities. >> it would give them a roadmap of what we know and don't know and i'm police italy a way to protect their information from the u.s. intelligence community. >> reporter: the head of the task force investigating the edward snowden affair told 60 minutes the agency spent millions of dollars replacing computers the former government contractor had access to. >> they went on the assumption something could have been put into the system. >> reporter: edward snowden rereeled the n-- revealed the nsa was spying on u.s. allies. some in congress a it will hurt american business and his a bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the obama administration to demand allies back away from the proposed restrictions. the white house is also now examining an outside review of nsa activities. the report includes 40 recommendations to help the agency maintain public trust and reduce the risk of u

edward snowden says george orwell's fictitious big brother is no match for the u.s. national security agency the types of collection the book microphones and video cameras t.v.'s that watches are nothing compared to what we have today snowden revealed that a secret court rubber stamps warrants for telecommunication companies to hand out the data of millions of their customers he also leaked the programs that the government uses to track virtually anything anybody does on the internet and also store that information and he showed how the u.s. government had lie about mass surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government tectum as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is advocating to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is

no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government tectum as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to catering to tele tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the u.s. like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we could leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of u.s. involvement in war crimes another man who found himself in jail this year was john key the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate carry suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to serve his two and a half year sentence i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture in the

you know all that domestic spying revealed by edward snowden only added. an insult to injury so it seems that the least a failure is is so long that claiming that it was a success is a bit premature don't you think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist. and pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies and in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they miss collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways to get better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of the legit failures it hasn't always been the case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress that the central intelligence agency did provide

you know all that domestic spying revealed by edward snowden only added. an insult to injury so it seems that the least a failure is is so long that claiming that it was a success is a bit premature don't you think so no i don't think so look there have been active terrorist plots in pakistan and yemen and somalia that have come after or intended to come after the continental united states it is true that our intelligence agencies and in this holds for russian intelligence agencies and agencies around the world are not always perfect sometimes they miss a warning sometimes they miss collecting the information that might have foretold of a particular plot but generally i think the intelligence community has improved its game since september eleventh and we're always looking for ways to get better some of the things that you mentioned in the litany of alleged failures it hasn't always been the case that the intelligence community didn't know what was going on for example we were able to establish in the congress the the central intelligence agency did provid

no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government tectum as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to catering to tele tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the us like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we could leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of us involved thinking and want to find. another man who found himself in jail this year was john king the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate carol suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to have served his two and a half years sentence i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about

no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s. government techmeme is a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to caving to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the us like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we could leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of u.s. involvement in war crimes another man who found himself in jail this year was john key the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate terrorist suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to serve his two and a half year sentence i have never believed that my case was about a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture in

snowden's letter to brazil and a federal judge's ruling that agrees with edward snowden. ruled that the nsa's mass collection of phone data is likely unconstitutional, edward snowden published an open letter to the people of brazil offering his help to the brazilian senate's investigation of the nsa's, quote, suspected crimes against the brazilian citizens. edward snowden explained that he is currently unable to help and would be an awful lot easier for him to help if he had permanent asylum in brazil. joining me now, steve clemens, washington editor at large and msnbc contributor and john shind letter, former nsa analyst and counter intelligence officer. he's a professor of national security affairs at the naval war college. steve clemens, the judge's opinion yesterday, which i think shocked everyone because it basically involved a district court judge overturning a 1979 decision on which all other decisions were based about what the expectation of privacy is for phone records as opposed to the contents of phone calls. and he couldn't have reached this decision without d

spying on world leaders as revealed by edward snowden. be interested to know mr chairman and we would be happier to make you down to the committee and spend a couple of hours going through mounds of product that would allow a member to be as informed as a member wishes to be on sources and methods and all activities of the intelligence community under the national intelligence framework i would just say and i just think we need to be careful. about what i do we need to assume you don't you wish to use the classification and i think you'd be disingenuous mr chairman if you suggesting we have information if we don't have it so after that after what you saw there can we really buy the argument that these committees had enough knowledge all along to perform proper oversight of american spy agencies i don't think so snowden also had a message from the n.s.a. he said i'm not trying to bring down the n.s.a. i'm working to improve the n.s.a. i'm still working for the n.s.a. right now just they are the only ones who don't realize it now this is th

leaker edward snowden. in exchange the government would want the rest of the documents he took. >> the world says goodbye to iconic apartheid leader nelson mandela. he was buried in his childhood village in a traditional state funeral. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. south america's wealthiest country has a new leader. left-wing candidate michelle bachelet has been elected president for a second time. al jazeera's correspondent has the latest on the victory. >> she's back. chillie's most popular former president michelle bachelet elected again on the promise of reforms, so make south america's stable economy more equal. >> it is time for a new constitution, for a democracy this ensures rights for people, guaranteeing the future voice of the poor majority will not be silenced in the minority. >> michelle bachelet's personal appeal is unquestionable. >> i'm thrilled. michelle bachelet is an amazing woman whose thoughts will guarantee my son will study for free. >> rob matheson math. >> eu

does that vindicate what edward snowden did? >> i don't think so. but one of the things people like me have been saying from the very beginning is what snowden exposed has not been shown to be illegal. today, a judge said it was illegal. so there's no question that today is a big victory for glenn greenwald and snowden and all of their supporters. >> in your opinion why doesn't it justify what he did? >> he still took classified information and exposed it in a completely illegal way requires tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars of work by the american government to redo, plus, potentially exposed it to the chinese and the russians. so i don't support what snowden did at all. i don't think this vindicates him but it certainly comes a lot closer to vindicating him than any previous development has. >> glenn, should this vindicate edward snowden in the eyes of those who still believe he's a traitor? >> how could it not vindicate him. here is an american citizen working inside the government discovers the united states government is doing things

. >> i think edward snowden is a hero. what he's been doing, is he went to china, to give the documents. it's amazing the debate that he created for the world. he helped my country to understand everything that happens here, how the u.s. has spoilt the president and the population. i wanted to help him get out in a place. i think it's a good democracy, and he can be - have his human rights defend. >> you want edward snowden to come to brazil. is it a real possibility? >> i want edward snowden to be in any country with the willingness and ability to protect its human rights and ensure that he is not persecuted by the united states for decades in prison for going the acts of the united states. whether it's brazil or russia or any other countries. that would be a good outcome. there's a possibility that brazil, for the reasons said. a lot of the reporting that came from the documents, that he showed very large-scale violations of brazilian citizens and this country has been appreciative of that reporting, and understands how

intelligence services were close edward snowden's latest revelation speaks to just how close he gave the canadian media a top secret four page memo a recent one dated april twenty third team by the way that says canada has set up covert spying posts around the world and conducted espionage against trading partners at the request of the us national security agency edward snowden has also revealed that although the canadian intelligence agency employees twenty times less people than the n.s.a. it has done a lot of work for the n.s.a. apparently including spying on foreign politicians and diplomats during the g. eight and g. twenty summits this document says the see as e.c. which stands for the communications security establishment canada shares with the and i say their unique geographic access to areas unavailable to the u.s. now for course it does not give details on what those areas are that could be the spying posts that canada holds toward the n.s.a. around the globe that could be about the ork to the exploration progress of which is interesting to a number of sheriff stakeholders

this is, i think, a good day for edward snowden. >> as for edward snowden, he has something else in mind, too. that would be brazil. nsa leaker wrote an open letter to the brazilian people, telling them he would be tolg help brazilian's government investigate u.s. spieg on its soil but would only do so if granted political asylum. jim sciutto is in washington with more on this part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. he may have chosen well in choosing brazil. one of the country's most upset over the surveillance overseas. the brazilian president, dilma roussef confronted the president directly, saying tampering in such a manner in the affairs of other countries is a breach of international law. edward snowden reaching out, looking for a way out of russia, looking for asylum, writing an open letter to the brazilians. many brazilian senators agree and have asked for my assistance with their investigations of suspected crimes against brazilian citizens. i have expressed my willingness to assist wherever appropriate and lawful. unfortunately the united states has limited

former contractor edward snowden he said i acted on my belief that the n.s.a. is mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge and that the american public deserves a chance to see these issues determined by open courts today a secret program authorized by secret by a secret courts was when exposed to the light of day found to violate americans rights it is the first of many so this decision was deemed likely unconstitutional what does that realistically mean in what does it really do right so it's kind of the this isn't a sort of in a. funny procedural posture right now so what happened was that there were several plaintiffs in the case and basically they said our own constitutional rights have been violated by the collection of all of this information so the judge looked at that looked broadly at this very broad collection but then said yes for these particular people i think it violates their constitutional rights but he also said i'm not really making a decision on the constitutionality yet what i'm determining is what my most li

. >> edward snowden says it is mission accomplished. he says he wanted society to have more of a say in being monitored. we have been in rome as pope francis celebrates his first christmas eve mass as the head of the catholic church. hello and welcome. peacekeeping troops are going to be sent to south sudan. thousands of people are thought to have been killed in a week of fighting between rebel soldiers and government forces. has spread across the country to several areas, including the capital of juba. president salva kiir and his forces have recaptured the town from the rebels. bentiu and two in juba. our correspondent in washington says despite the vote to send in more troops, it will take more time for the u.n. peacekeepers to arrive on the ground. >> the united states was one of on thiswriters resolution and after the emergency meeting yesterday, held where the secretary-general requested these additional troops, the security council today unanimously supported that. these troops will take time to get on the ground in south sudan.

former contractor edward snowden he said i acted on my belief that the n.s.a. is mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge and that the american public deserves a chance to see these issues determined by open courts today a secret program authorized by secret by a secret courts was when exposed to the light of day found to violate americans rights it is the first of many so this decision was deemed likely unconstitutional what does that realistically mean in what does it really do right so it's kind of the this isn't a sort of in a funny procedural posture right now so what happened was that there were several plaintiffs in the case and basically they said our own constitutional rights have been violated by the collection of all of this information so the judge looked at that book broadly at this very broad collection but then said yes for the. particular people i think it violates their constitutional rights but he also said i'm not really making a decision on the constitutionality yet what i'm determining is what my most likely