. >> in hays ruling federal judge william pauley says the n.s.a.'s mass collection of phone records represents the counter-punch to eliminate al qaeda's terror network. the 9/11 attacks might have been prevented if the phone data collection system had existed then, to help investigators connect the dots before the attacks occurred. the government learnt from its mistakes and has adapted. he said the data collection program was part of the adjustment, and he dismissed the lawsuit brought by the american civil liberties union after former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden released information. the government's interpretation of its authority under the patriot act was so proceed that it could justify the mass clebz of health and library records of innocent americans without their knowledge. the acl will appeal the ruling saying it misinterprets the statutes, understates and missupplies to weed away constitutional corrections. the department of justice was pleased with judge william pauley's decision. earlier judge leon ruled the opposite way in a suit b

but then william pauley ruled otherwise on friday. the right from searches and seizures is fundamental but not absolute. every day, people voluntarily surrender personal information to transnational corporations that exploit that for profit, few are thinking about it twice. which judge is right and is this issue also on the fast track to head to the u.s. supreme court? for more i'm joined on our new york set here by michael price, counsel for the brennan center's policy for rights. we are giving this to transnational corporations to can't the government have it too? >> well i think this opinion is one in a debate that is going to the supreme court. but already we see that the decision is a bit of an outlier. if you consider the trend that we've been seeing towards nsa reform out of all three branches of government, it does seem to buck that trend a little bit. and as you mentioned there's the decision from judge leon just earlier this month finding that the program was likely unconstitutional, there's also legislation moving through c

with judge william pauley's decision. the federal judge richard leon sitting in washington d.c. ruled the opposite way in a suit against verizon, writing: >> last week the white house issued a report commissioned in the wake of the edward snowden leaks in which it was suggested changes may be in the offing to the way data is collected and stored. with two federal judges coming up with different decisions on essentially the same subject, many think the issue of n.s.a. spying is heading towards the supreme court in washington. >> at least three more lawsuits against the n.s.a. are pending in federal court. >> four u.s. military personnel in libya have been released. the men were detained at a checkpoint after scouting out routes for a diplomat. reports of gunfire could not be confirmed. government officials are not saying why the men were taken into custody. >> funeral preparations are now under way for a prom nept lebanese -- prominent lebanese minister killed. mohamad chatah and five others died in a powerful blast. china

. >> reporter: in his ruling federal judge william pauley of new york said the noseys mass collection is the counter punch to al-qaeda's terror network by collecting communications. he said the 9/11 attacks might have been prevented if the phone data collection that existed then to help investigators connect the dots before the attacks occur. it said the adapted to confront a new enemy. he said the data collection program was part of the adjustment, and he dismissed the lawsuit brought by the american simple liberties union after normal nsa analyst edward snowden released information that it picked up information from networks every single day. the aclu said it will appeal judge pauley's ruling saying it misinterpreted the statute, under states the government's surveillance and misapplies a narrow and outdated precedent to read away core constitutional protections. now the department of justice spokesman said they were pleased with judge pauley's decision. federal judge lyon sitting in washington, d.c. ruled the opposite way in a suit against verizon for bulk collection of phone recor

. >> reporter: in his ruling federal judge william pauley said that the surveillance system represents the counter punch. he said the 9/11 attacks might have been prevented if the phone data collection had existed then to help investigators to connect the dots before the attacks occurred. the government has learned from its mistakes and has adapted to its new enemy. he said the data collection program was part of the adjustment, and he dismissed the lawsuit brought by the american civil liberties union after edward snowden linked details of the top-secret programs that pick up millions of telephone and internet records on american networks every day. it was argued that the authority was so broad that it could justify the mass collection of financial health and even library records of innocent americans without their knowledge. the aclu said it will appeal the ruling saying that it misinterprets the statute, and misapplies a narrow and outdated precedent to read away core constitutional protections. now the department of justice spokesman said they were pleased with judge pauley's decis

the cost of missing such a thread can be horrific, says federal judge william pauley of new york. he says the effectiveness of collecting bulk telephone data cannot be seriously disputed citing examples of disrupted plots. it's true, he says, that telephones are a much bigger part of our lives than ever before. but many of those uses, he says, have nothing to do with making calls. he said lower courts aren't free to overrule the u.s. supreme court's finding of 34 years ago that people have no expectation of privacy in the call records their phone companies keep. besides, the judge says, people voluntarily surrender personal and seemingly private information to transnational corporations who exploit that data for profit, something far more intrusive than the government's phone record collections. so now we have a ruling by a judge appointed by president clinton upholding the nsa program. two weeks ago, a judge appointed by president george w. bush said it was illegal. now the appeals courts and perhaps ultimately the supreme court will decide who is right. pete williams, nbc news,

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district judge william pauley as he dismissed a lawsuit brought by the a.c.l.u. back in june following the edward snowden disclosure that millions of arising customers in the united states were having their phone data collected and stored by the government they sell you argued such a collection violated an individual's fourth amendment right to privacy and first amendment right to free association but in the fifty four page decision judge poly argued the n.s.a.'s bulk collection program is not being used in a way that violate the constitutional rights of average law abiding americans he notes there is no evidence that the government has used any of the bulk telephony metadata collected for any purpose other than investigating and disrupting terrorist attacks this ruling comes less than two weeks after a federal judge in washington d.c. came to a different conclusion about the n.s.a.'s bulk phone records collection program judge richard leon ruled the program to be likely unconstitutional arguing i cannot imagine a more indiscriminate an arbitrary invasion than th

district judge william pauley as he dismissed a lawsuit brought by the a.c.l.u. back in june following the edward snowden disclosure that millions of arising customers in the united states were having their phone data collected and stored by the government seal you argued such collection violated the individual's fourth amendment right to privacy and their first. amendment right to free association but in the fifty four page decision judge polley argued the n.s.a.'s bulk collection program is not being used in a way that violated the constitutional rights of average law abiding americans he notes there is no evidence that the government has used any of the bulk telephony metadata collected for any purpose other than investigating and disrupting terrorist attacks this ruling comes less than two weeks after a federal judge in washington d.c. came to a much different conclusion about the n.s.a.'s bulk phone records collection program there judge richard leon ruled the program to be likely unconstitutional arguing i cannot imagine a more indiscriminate an arbitrary i

in his ruling today, u-s district judge william pauley said the n-s-a's bulk collection of phone records was legal under the patriot act. this all comes afterogram was rn classified leaks by former n-s-a contractor edward snowden. >> federal unemployment benefits end tomorrow for 1.3 million jobless americans. the checks will stop coming after a program signed into law back in 2008 expires saturday. an additional 850-thousand workers will also lose state unemployment benefits over the next three months. a bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed a short-term extension for three months. that will make it to the floor of the senate -- but not until congress returns to work next month. >> coming up-- it wasn't santa who dropped in for a visit. the unwelcome visitor that quickly put an end to one florida family's christmas dinner. align >> thousands of delta up flyers got a late christmas present yesterday. a computer glitch on the company's and website dropped ticket prices. a flight from boston to honolulu was going for $68. a trip from oklahoma to st. louis was about $13. the glitch is

. >> in his ruling federal judge william pauley of new york, connected fragmented and fleeting communications. he said the 9/11 attacks might have been prevented if the phone data collection system had existed then to help investigators connect the dots before the attacks occurred. he says the government's learned from its mistakes and has adapted to confront a new enemy, a terror network capable of executing attacks across the world. he said the collection.data was part, after former edward snowden being pleakd details, on american are networks every day. the aclu's lawyers arced the government's interpretation of authority under the patriot act was so broad it could justify the mass collection of financial, health and even library records of innocent americans without their knowledge. the aclu says it will appeal judge pauley's ruling. misapplies a narrow precedent to read away core constitutional connections. the department of justice said they were pleased with judge pauley's position. richard leon sitting in washington, d.c. ruled the opposite way in a suit brought against the phone comp

. >> federal judge william pauley said that the mass collection of americans' phone records. he said the 9/11 attacks might have been prevented if the phone data collection system had existed then to help investigators connect the dots before the attacks occur. he said the government has learned from its mistakes and adopted to confront a new enemy. the terror network capable of orchestrating attacks across the world. he said the data election program was part of the adjustment, and he dismissed the lawsuit brought by the silver liberty union after he ha edward snowden leaked information. lawyers argue that it was so proud that it could justify the mass collection of financial health and librar even library s of americans without their knowledge. the judge ruled that it mis miss interprets the statute and misapplies the president to read away core constitutional protections. now the department of justice spokesman said they were pleased with judge pauley's interpretation. in another ruling. edward snowden's disclosures about the nsa programs have provoked a heated debate over

district judge william pauley saying, it, quote, represents the government's counterpunch connecting fragmented and fleeting communications to reconstruct and eliminate al qaeda's terror network, adding, this only works because it collects everything. thank you for joining us. let's talk about judge pauley's decision there what do you see wrong with that one? >> the most interesting thing is judge pauley admitted this program, which he gave the green light to, if left unchecked imperils the civil liberties from every american. he was relying on a weird legal technicality to give the greenlight to the government sucking up every bit of information about who we're calling, when we're calling and how long we're talking to them. it goes back to a 1979 case called smith v. merchandize, where the court said if you give up any information to a third party, like the fact the phone company is aware of who you call, there's no fourth amendment right to have that protected. so he is basically saying anything, and in the digital age, you need to understand that's everything that you do, every pu

district court judge william pauley, allowed al qaeda to plot attacks remotely. the bulky mita data program is a counter punch to reconstruct and eliminate al qaeda's terror network. the american civil liberties sued the government in this case the aclu said the judge got it wrong, saying in a statement, we are extremely disappointed in this decision which misrepresents the relevant statutes, understates the privacy implications of government surveillance as another federal judge in the president's own review group concluded last week the national security agency bulk collection of telephony data constitutes a violation of american's privacy. aclu says they will appeal the decision. less than two weeks ago, u.s. district court judge richard leon found, surely a such a program inprescription on degree of privacy the founders found in the fourth amendment. we have dirt federal opinions on issue such significance. that usually means the supreme court will get involved. we have no timetable when the court will make the arguments. david: great point, whatever they sid

judge william pauley issued a ruling today saying there's no evidence the nsa abused its ability to collect extensive information about phone calls made to, from or within the united states. he called the program the government's counterpunch to al qaeda's terror network. the aclu had argued the spy agenc agency's collection of the metadata was a violation of the fourth amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. >>> connecticut state police released the final report today that may offer new insight into that horrific shooting at sandy hook elementary in connecticut last year. the report includes detailed descriptions from students and school staff, photos and 911 calls transcripts. it also provides new details about the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza . report says he hated his mother and the school because she used to work there. it lacked a complete picture of lanza's significant mental health issues. >> we have no timeline, no articulation of this person's life from a developmental perspective. >> the shooting took the lives of 20 children and 6 adults. >>> a controvers

the district judge william pauley says phone surveillance could have hem prevent the september 11 attacks. he argues the program represents the government's counter punch to terrorism and doesn't violate americans' rights to privacy. but just last week, another federal judge said the nsa tactics are probably unconstitutional calling it, quote, almost orwellian technology. >>> watch out, tourists. police in bali say a giant murderous python is on the look. it looks like this one. a security guard at a luxury hotel tried to catch the 15 foot snake. he grabbed it by the head and tail but it tightened around his neck, suffocating him. the python escaped into the bush. police are still searching for it. >>> now a story we've been following. a court appearance today for a man charged with a federal hate crime in connection with a so call knockout assault. his bail was denied. 27-year-old conrad was charged with punching a black man in the face. the assault was i rachly motivated. the victim suffered two jaw fractures and was hospitalized several days. barrett's lawyer will be joining us exclusi

in a written opinion, judge william pauley said, "this blunt earlier this month, a federal judge in washington d.c. ruled the surveillance is probably unconstitutional. a powerful car bomb in beirut, lebanon killed six people today, and wounded more than 70. the dead included mohammed chatah, a former ambassador to the united states, and the target of the bombing. we'll have an on-the-ground report from beirut right after the news summary. in afghanistan, a suicide car bomber killed three international troops in kabul. the target was a military convoy, about half a half mile from a nato base. so far this year, 151 coalition troops have died in afghanistan, most of them americans. there was talk today of ending the fighting in south sudan. the government agreed to a truce after a summit of east african leaders in nairobi, kenya. back in juba, the u.s. envoy to south sudan donald booth said the country's president confirmed it to him. >> he is moving forward to arrange a cessation of hostilities throughout the country in conjunction with increasing the ability to move humanitarian relief to the

and that is what judge william pauley looked at. in fact, on the very first page, i'm sure he intended to put it on the first page. judge pauley points out that the nsa intercepted seven calls made by the 9/11 hijackers and then he goes on to argue on page two that these attacks could have been stopped on 9/11 had the nsa had this benefit of metadata program. the government learned from its mistake and adapted to confront a new enemy. a terror network, capable of orchestrating attacks across the world. it launched a number of countermeasures including a bulk metadata collection. a wide interest that could confront an seemingly disconnected data. he's a judge that gets it, doesn't he? >> he does. they brought the evidence to bear. they presented it in in such a way that it was understandable. and they also were very clear in their arguments against the aclu, which was the organization which had submitted the suit against the government in the case that judge pauley heard. and the way they did it, they really lookeds at the operationa

pauley said quote americans have no expectation of privacy and quote. and. said that the n.s.a. is matter data collection program was just fine thank you very much now this contradicts other federal rulings it's going to end up before the supreme court but isn't it a little surprising that anybody would rule it is surprising you know because we talk about civil liberties and things like that and you would think that a judge would have you know i guess sentiment towards you know protecting one's civil liberties and things along those lines that the ruling is surprising but you're right there is a division amongst the circuit it is definitely going to get to the supreme court at some point. snowed in you know he started started a dialogue and now we have thing congress and the white house kind of reexamining their executive orders in terms of what the n.s.a. is doing so he got to discuss thing the issue which is and just saying and you know hopefully this will become a when you are proposing that you know individual thought and yet those of us who feel ab

pauley said quote americans have no expectation of privacy and quote. and. said that the n.s.a.'s metadata collection program was just fine thank you very much now this contradicts other federal rulings it's going to end up before the supreme court but isn't it a little surprising that anybody would rule that way it is surprising you know because we talk about civil liberties and things like that and they you would think that a judge would have you know i guess sentiment towards you know protecting one's civil liberties and things along those lines that the ruling is surprising but you're right there is a division amongst the circuit it is definitely going to get to the supreme court at some point. snowed in you know he started started a dialogue and now we have hearing thing congress and the white house. kind of reexamining their executive orders in terms of what the n.s.a. is doing so he got us to discuss thing the issue which is and just saying and you know hopefully this will become a way you are proposing that you know individual thought those of u