i think at best it s a mixed bag from cbo, and usually it s not very reliable. martha: very interesting. tom coburn, senator, thank you so much. thank you. bill: more to come on that. also on the hill more to come on this a senate committee questioning fbi director robert mueller at this hour, about the nsa programs, the boston bombings, a lot of topics on the plate there. we ll get a live report and let you know what they are talking about in a matter of minutes.
this is a, incredibly damaging. this is incredibly damaging, and this person is a traitor to the united states of america. people will because that authority for nebraska fafariou purposes. a case of the debate going on in both parties about the government s sweeping surveillance program. congresswoman hartmon from capitol hill, where do you come down on the nsa programs, and how do you respond to the critics on both sides that say it is to intrusive on millions
felt like the president is talking about, this is the new normal. this is the reality and we have to be prepared to deal with this on a day-to-day basis. that s why we have the nsa programs, for example. in the bush years, the things that they were doing on in secret depended on the idea we have this global war on terror with this unseen foes, if you will. where i think now we are in a different place. the first thing about what cheney said today is that cheney seems to define any muslim entity that he doesn t like as a terrorist group. and you can have all kind of concerns about muslim brotherhood governments without saying they are terrorist. which is an allegation there is absolutely no support for. particularly in egypt or tunisia or saying that any of the spaces in north africa, there are concerns about terrorism. so the first thing to recognize is when dick cheney says terrorist, he means muslim