that they ve done. if thrp a program directed at air drifts, we would have much different conversations. this is not what this is. and as your article points out, this is not the administration doing it on its own. congress is briefed on it, there s a fisa court that is involved in it. and in fact, you suggest in your article that some democratic senators have been warning the public about this. they wrote in a letter to the attorney general back in 2012 that they were specifically referring to documents sent to congress, quote, these are so highly classified that most members of congress do not have any staff that are cleared to read them. as a result, we can state that most of us are unfamiliar with these documents and many would be surprised and angry to learn how the patriot act has been interrupted in secret.
have you heard any reports about concern about the ground water at this moment? since you were seeing bottles of water brought to your location? reporter: there haven t been specifically, richard. what i can say is what they have done, they ve shut off the utilities to the area. that may include some of the water. yes. talking about ground water. people with wells. one of the major concerns, because this is a fertilizer plant, there s ammonia gas that s highly volatile. they re concerned about the way that air drifts. of course, if there s anything on the ground, as well. they really tell us they don t know. they re working. but they don t know exactly what contamination, if that s the right word, may have spread to this area. so, they re trying to figure out that. ground water. air quality. there are a lot of questions about what exactly has happened as a result of this major explosion. as part after those utilities being shut down, if there s natural gas, electricity, all of the
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