transit zone in a few days. that s according to a lawyer who says he has been working with the national security agency leaker. the it attorney says that he expects russia it to approve ed snowden s application for temporary asylum within a week. the russian president vladimir putin says he warned ed snowden again do not do anything that might hurt relations between the united states and russia. the former nsa contractor has admitted that he did, indeed, leak classified documents and expose secret phone and internet surveillance programs. now, members of congress are threatening to limit the government s power to spy on americans. steve centanni is live in d.c. tonight. some lawmakers say the feds have really gone too far. yeah. there was overwhelming opposition to the spying. among members of the house judiciary committee today. some saying they didn t realize how sweeping the program actually was until edward snowden made it public. while others suggested the government has gone wa
government phone and internet surveillance programs. the guardian newspaper in the uk is releasing what it calls part two of an interview he did last month. in it, ed snowden predicted the feds would charge him with espionage and two weeks later they did. he also told journalist glen greenwald and film maker laura that executives at some of america s biggest tech companies lied when they denied that they gave the government direct access to their servers. companies like google, facebook, apple, microsoft, they all get together with the nsa and provide the nsa direct access to the back ends of all the systems you use to communicate, to store data, to put things in the cloud. and even just to send birthday wishes and keep a record of your life. shepard: so far from no response from any of those companies. as far as we know ed snowden is still hiding out in the france sit zone of the airport.
cash back. shepard: i m shepard smith this is the fox report. bottom of the hour time for the top of the news. nsa phone and internet surveillance programs have helped save lives. that s what president obama said today in germany. the german chancellor angela merkel says some people have concerns about the government collecting too much information. the president says the programs are bound by the rule of law to balance privacy and national security. by the way, he is speaking behind a bullet proof shield here. we know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information not just from the united states but in some cases threats here in germany so lives have been saved. shepard: weighs behind a bullet proof shield. critics point out investigators admit the plot was in the early
symbolism was not lost on the president as he stood in front of remains of the berlin wall. government exists to serve the power of the individual and not the other way around. that s what makes us who we are, that s what makes us different from those on the other side of a wall. reporter: the nsa director promised to deliver to select members of congress details of up to 50 classified cases where the controversial nsa phone records and internet surveillance programs had helped stop alleged terror attacks. at least ten of the plots would have occurred in the u.s. does the technology exist at the nsa to flip a switch by some analyst to listen to americans phone calls or read their e-mails? no. reporter: some critics suggest the nsa director s answers were less than truthful and the current system relies too much on an analyst obeying an honor system. i don t know what s in his head, i don t know if it is a lie, but it is a material misleading, it is giving the impression th
there s significant medications in terms of making sure she doesn t develop other infections. you also have a genetic disease that s at the heart of this. this lung transplant doesn t take care of that genetic disease. people are at risk for infections and damage to their other organs. it is going to be a long road. that s what you and jason were eluding to in terms of how e noti emotionally charged this has been. this isn t a cure all. thank you so much. we really wish little sarah the very best. we re also following this story. he s hiding out and he s also speaking out. this is the man who leaked details of phone and internet