this phone information, about the phone calls that are made, and said just collect information on people under specific suspicion of involvement with terrorism. i m not sure we changed minds. amash still thinks that edward snowden is just a whistleblower, not a traitor. general hayden said exactly the apart. it puts it in a real world focus. we re not talking about the abtract. we re talking about a terror threat that s out there. what do we do to combat it? the vote on the amendment, i mean it was extremely close. it would have made a huge difference in how we handle these things. well, absolutely. i mean, my guess is it wouldn t have passed through to the senate and the president certainly wouldn t have signed it, but it gives you an indication to the degree to which people s minds have changed since edward snowden. honestly i think he s a law breaker, but 55% of americans