terrorist threat. i mean, that s the point of the verizon order. that s the point of spying and collecting data on foreign citizens. now, with because the government has been routinely embarrassed by leaks. the government is trying to find a way to address that problem. laura: we know what the program is but, scott, it seems like they don t want to be embarrassed for political reasons. they think it looks bad for them versus it looks bad or it hurts or national security with snowden, tears know they are being listened to and monitored. they know that already. i m not sure what they heard that we didn t already know. the administration itself doesn t want sitsself to be embarrassed. maybe that s why they put this snitch program in place. workers kind of look out around them. i used to. i was in the federal government. you are aware of what is going on around you. to me, this is just a lot of show with, you know, with little bang for the buck that we re getting
i mean, that s the point of the verizon order. that s the point of spying and collecting data on foreign citizens. now, with because the government has been routinely embarrassed by leaks. the government is trying to find a way to address that problem. laura: we know what the program is but, scott, it seems like they don t want to be embarrassed for political reasons. they think it looks bad for them versus it looks bad or it hurts or national security with snowden, tears know they are being listened to and monitored. they know that already. i m not sure what they heard that we didn t already know. the administration itself doesn t want sitsself to be embarrassed. maybe that s why they put this snitch program in place. workers kind of look out around them. i used to. i was in the federal government. you are aware of what is going on around you. to me, this is just a lot of show with, you know, with little bang for the buck that we re getting here.
terrorist threat. i mean, that s the point of the verizon order. that s the point of spying and collecting data on foreign citizens. now, with because the government has been routinely embarrassed by leaks. the government is trying to find a way to address that problem. laura: we know what the program is but, scott, it seems like they don t want to be embarrassed for political reasons. they think it looks bad for them versus it looks bad or it hurts or national security with snowden, tears know they are being listened to and monitored. they know that already. i m not sure what they heard that we didn t already know. the administration itself doesn t want sitsself to be embarrassed. maybe that s why they put this snitch program in place. workers kind of look out around them. i used to. i was in the federal government. you are aware of what is going on around you. to me, this is just a lot of show with, you know, with little bang for the buck that we re getting
laura: in the factor follow up segment tonight, there are new allegations that the government secret security efforts are more widespread than previously thought. the mcclatchey newspaper is reporting that in an effort to crackdown on security threats, the administration has taken unprecedented measures to stop leaks including asking federal employees to spy on fellow workers. joining us now from philly to explain, privacy and business law attorney scott vernick. this reminds me living in the old soviet union when i was in college communist. people are always looking out to snitch on others whether you are in a hotel or in a work place. it was like tattle tale society. everyone wanted to get points with the boss or with the government chick down the road. are we encouraging that with this new brand new stop the leaks program in the workplace?
laura: in the factor follow up segment tonight, there are new allegations that the government secret security efforts are more widespread than previously thought. the mcclatchey newspaper is reporting that in an effort to crackdown on security threats, the administration has taken unprecedented measures to stop leaks including asking federal employees to spy on fellow workers. joining us now from philly to explain, privacy and business law attorney scott vernick. this reminds me living in the old soviet union when i was in college communist. people are always looking out to snitch on others whether you are in a hotel or in a work place. it was like tattle tale society. everyone wanted to get points with the boss or with the government chick down the road. are we encouraging that with this new brand new stop the leaks program in the workplace?