phone carrier doesn t come close to meeting that standard. this is absolutely unacceptable in a democracy this is not clear to us what the boundaries are the government is operating and we can t debate whether we think we should modify that. citizens can t get input whether they are okay or outraged about it. senator jeff mu, from oregon. thank you. from the liberty and national security program for the brennan center for justice and from the guardian, who has a big blockbuster story on his first day, good to have you both. we have this story yesterday and right now another huge breaking story very similar. this is being reported right now in the washington post and in the guardian, spencer. basically, it is about a program called prism. the nsa and fbi are tapping into