present a united front to the assad regime. it has involved working with our partners to pressure bashar al assad to respect basic human rights and to leave power, it has involved providing assistance to the syrian opposition counsel and to the syrian military council to aid them as they fight against the elements of the assad regime troops that are wagging war against them. it also means providing humanitarian assistance. well, that answer alone explains why other countries have stopped taking america seriously. last june the white house confirmed that they had used those agents against their people. joining me is rick grenell and from the law fair project, rick goldstein. rick, let me begin with you because about a month ago when samantha power, our new u.s.
to spy on 75% of all u.s. internet traffic. in addition, quote, it retains the written consent of the e-mails sent between citizens within the u.s. and also filters domestic phone calls made with internet technology, but that s not all. according to newly declassified documents, the nsa was rebuked in 2011 by a secret court for collecting thousands of e-mails from americans. the agency admits those e-mails had absolutely no connection whatsoever to terrorism. here s why the story is so critically important. number one, nsa officials admitted to the journal that the systems reach is so broad domestic communications are more likely to be intercepted than foreign ones. number two, this proves that the government s ability to spy on you and your neighbors is greater than we ve all been led to believe. and number three, chalk this up as yet another piece of evidence that the self-proclaimed most transparent administration in history is anything but. joining me now with reaction t
security network has the ability to spy on 75% of all u.s. internet traffic. in addition, quote, it retains the written consent of the e-mails sent between citizens within the u.s. and also filters domestic phone calls made with internet technology, but that s not all. according to newly declassified documents, the nsa was rebuked in 2011 by a secret court for collecting thousands of e-mails from americans. the agency admits those e-mails had absolutely no connection whatsoever to terrorism. here s why the story is so critically important. number one, nsa officials admitted to the journal that the systems reach is so broad domestic communications are more likely to be intercepted than foreign ones. number two, this proves that the government s ability to spy on you and your neighbors is greater than we ve all been led to believe. and number three, chalk this up as yet another piece of evidence that the self-proclaimed most transparent administration in history is anything bu
0 economist yuga poll sampling the president s job performance before the nsa broke and today. his job rating has declined four points among all voters. among 18 to 29-year-old voters, there s a 14 point swing. the reactions that people have to the snowden incident themselves, did what snowden did, did it serve the public good? those that are 65 years older say it s done the public good. 16% among 18 to 29. the younger you get, the more likely you are to think it is serving the public good. should they pursue a criminal case, 18-29%, 50% say no. again, the older you get the more likely you are to say the government ought to do that. there is, if you will, a generational gap between the warrant. the point here is this program is now in the wrong hands and so many people are worried about abuses. look, again, don t ask me to defend the president and you ve laid out a good bill of particulars for holder and the president. these programs are overseen by the national security agency. my e
0 economist yuga poll sampling the president s job performance before the nsa broke and today. his job rating has declined four points among all voters. among 18 to 29-year-old voters, there s a 14 point swing. the reactions that people have to the snowden incident themselves, did what snowden did, did it serve the public good? those that are 65 years older say it s done the public good. 16% among 18 to 29. the younger you get, the more likely you are to think it is serving the public good. should they pursue a criminal case, 18-29%, 50% say no. again, the older you get the more likely you are to say the government ought to do that. there is, if you will, a generational gap between the warrant. the point here is this program is now in the wrong hands and so many people are worried about abuses. look, again, don t ask me to defend the president and you ve laid out a good bill of particulars for holder and the president. these programs are overseen by the national security agency. my e