terminology. he said no, he s not a patriot. the question is, would would we be having this nsa discussion without ed snowden? i submit that we probably would not be. he shined a light on something that most americans didn t realize was going on, specifically that the fisa court, foreign intelligence court that decides who and what they can listen to has been allowing the government to listen to regular americans , without any suspicion of terrorist activity, listen to their i m sorry, read e-mails, at least look at their phone records, possibly listen in as well. and i think it s at least opening the the debate has been good for america. tucker: that s a violation of the law, flat out. the nsa is not chartered to spy on americans, period. and what is striking to me is of course snowden has been charged, of course he ought to come back here and face justice like a man. everyone charged in american court out to face justice in my view and be judged. but the people in the
number one geopolitical foe. they fight every cause for the world s worst actors, the idea that he has more flexibility in mind for russia is very, very troubling indeed. didn t governor romney have a point about russia being if not the number one, at least a geopolitical foe, by your own accounts, the relationship in some trouble? it s also important to know that secretary kerry is still meeting with his counterpart on friday, because it is such an important relationship. the decision made around the summit on that was supposed to be in september had a number of factors. of course snowden was a factor, but there were discussions even before that about whether progress would jump over the bar or pass the bar here to warrant a presidential-level meeting. secretary kerry is hoping to continue the conversation. issues where we agree, issues where we disagree, and maybe there will be a summit in the future, but it wasn t the time to do it in september.