first and fourth amendments. aclu issuing a statement that reads in part quote, it is beyond orwellian and it provides further evidence to the extent basic democratic rights are being surrendered in secret, to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies. even former vice president al gore tweeted this morning, in the digital era privacy must be a priority. is it just me or is secret blanket surveilance obscenely outrageous? a leading republican told fox he plainly wants more information before casting judgment on the program. >> i don't mind verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the united states. i don't think you're talking to terrorists. i know you're not. i know i'm not. so we don't have anything to worry about. >> reporter: as you mentioned the attorney general is on the hill within the hour on a separate subject but he is likely to take questions on