on potential plotters who use more than one phone or phone number or device with a single court order. also expiring is the power to seize all considered relevant to a national security investigation. finally, the lone wolf provision allowing non-u.s. citizens who may be up to no good about who aren t connected with a foreign power or group. the you. a senate vote is hung up over civil liberties concerns. but democrats are s, harry reid complaining about the road blocks raised by tea party champion rand paul. listen to this. unless the senator foreign policy kentucky stops standing in the way, our law enforcement will no longer be able to use some of the most critical tools they need to counter terrorists and combat terrorism. if they cannot use these tools, tools that identify and track terror suspect, it could have dire consequences on our national security. i am somehow to be told that, because i believe a judge should sign a warrant that i m in favor of terrorists
wherever you hurt, it massages in icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. no pain. no mess. when the story broke last summer, it was a national disgrace. hundreds, maybe even thousands of remains, buried at arlington national cemetery have been misplaced. misplaced or misidentified. the country s most famous military resting ground was so poorly mismanaged, congress had to hold hearings to find fault. people lost their jobs. the army promised to identify problems to fix the problems, but now the new administrator, new superintendent, is admitting the army may never be able to straighten out this massive case of mistaken identity. mark bank minis a time contributor. his new article on the arlington mix-up appears in time magazine on newsstands friday and time.com and i also tweeted out an article myself at my twitter address.
become a source of shame since an army investigation discovered remains at arlington national cemetery were mishandled, misidentified, left in unmarked graves, or buried improperly. we owe our veterans better. reporter: at least 4,900 to 6,600 graves may have been affected. the cemetery s former superintendent was called to testify on capitol hill. john metzler, who ran the burial ground for 19 years, accepted full responsibility, while at the same time pointing the finger at his staff and lack of resources. it pains me that our team at arlington did not perform all aspects of its mission to the highest standard required. reporter: metzler s testimony only angered lawmakers further. the notion you would come in here and act like you didn t know about it until a month ago is offensive. i d have a lot of fun with you in a deposition because i don t feel we re getting the straight talk here. reporter: metzler suggested employees were to blame because the system used to track
senator claire mccaskell was exactly right on this one. there s 6,000 men and women who have been misidentified. they re keeping track of this on index cards? come on. it s a national embarrassment. i think senator mccaskell is exactly right. and thanks to you for stepping in next week. he s going to be hosting the 3:00 p.m. hour while i take some time off. i ll be watching you from the beach, jake. next on msnbc, the afghan war, nine years later. today marks a grim milestone for american troops. is there a winnable end in sight? congressional medal of honor recipient colonel jack jacobs and veteran dan rather are here live. celebrities duped? sandra bullock pulls out of a promo supporting the gulf coast. we ll tell you why. plus a palin family shocker, has levy johnston fathered
211 graves at arlington national cemetery were unmarked or misidentified. now the man in charge at the time says he takes the blame, but also says it was his staff and a lack of resources behind this scandal. well, missouri senator claire mccaskill is having none of it. she says her own investigation shows that the number of mixed up graves could be as high as 6,600. do you honestly believe, mr. petsler, if you would have come to congress and said, we have a crisis. we immediately need resources and man power so we can check this cemetery because we re afraid that we ve lost bodies of our heroes. did you ever write that up? did that ever go up the chain of the command? did the chief of staff of the army ever see a document from you that we ve got a problem, we found cremated remains and we don t know where they belong? no. did that ever occur, mr. metzler? we buried the remains as