studio b. for the first time we re seeing a top secret court order that allows the feds to keep track on everything we do, every single thing or we re seeing some of the order. see the black marks on there? you can see how they redacted a lot of it. they tend to do such things but the document does state that the feds must have reasonable suspicion that the records they collect would help protect against terrorism. it s that specific. the director of national intelligence james clapper declassified that document at the congressional hearing today along with two other reports which lay out how the government keeps tabs on nearly every single one of us. today on capitol hill the deputy american general strongly defended that secret surveillance court. the 11 judges on the fisa court are far from a rubber stamp. they review all of our pleadings thoroughly, question us and don t approve an order until they are satisfied we ve met all
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and a special welcome to our troops watching on the american forces network. i m alison kosik. it s half past the hour. the intelligence community is trying to justify its surveillance of american citizens, sending a letter to congress providing some details about its search of phone records. that letter said in part that searches must involve reasonable suspicion about a connection to a terror group that telephone records were searched fewer than 300 times last year and that all phone and internet records must be destroyed after five years. the letter was given to cnn by a congressional source. it was a violent night in istanbul, turkey. turkish security forces stormed gezi park using water cannons and tear gas to force antigovernment protesters out of the park and into side streets. and after hours of fighting, we see this, gezi park completely clear and clean. turkish prime minister erdogan says he plans a counterdemonstration today after the antigovernment message that was sp
and we begin this morning with new details on the government s controversial methods for watching american citizens. the intelligence community is trying to justify the phone and internet records it s asked companies like verizon and google to keep. it sent a document to congress given to cnn by a congressional source, which states that records can only be searched when reasonable suspicion can connect a name or telephone number to a specific terrorist organization. that letter also says that phone records were searched fewer than 300 times last year and that any records kept must be destroyed after five years. the man who leaked the existence of the nsa surveillance programs remains in hiding in one of the most densely populated cities on earth. it s believed edward snowden is still hold up somewhere in hong kong. let s bring in cnn international correspondent nic robertson. he s in hong kong.
the links, but can he keep his u.s. open lead? is good morning. i m alison kosik. it s 8:00. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. we re going to begin this hour on new details on the ways the government watches its citizens. the intelligence community is trying to calm fears over its surveillance program. it s releasing new information about how it uses phone records, saying in a document sent to congress that records can only be searched when a, quote, reasonable suspicion can connect a name or telephone number to a specific terrorist threat and that phone records were searched fewer than 300 times last year. athena jones is following the story from washington. good morning, athena. what else is in this letter? reporter: good morning, alison. ever since this nsa story broke, there s been a lot of pressure on the administration and on the intelligence community to explain just what it is the nsa is doing, what they re collecting, how they re collecting it, and how it s