some are calling him a patriot who deserves to be pardoned. s say he s a traitor and deserves to be brought to justice. one thing is clear. his actions forever changed surveillance practices in this country and likely around the globe. joining me to share his thoughts on this and more is the journalist who helped expose practices of data mining and gathering of information on americans television, text and e-mail information. you heard a sound bite. it doesn t fall left or right. liberal or conservative. some people say snowden is a traitor. others think he s a hero, a whistleblower. your thoughts and then senator paul s lawsuit. go ahead. it s amazing how it doesn t break down left, right or democratic and republican. the breakdown is do you have primary allegiance to the government in which case you don t like edward snowden since
some are calling him a patriot who deserves to be pardoned. s say he s a traitor and deserves to be brought to justice. one thing is clear. his actions forever changed surveillance practices in this country and likely around the globe. joining me to share his thoughts on this and more is the journalist who helped expose practices of data mining and gathering of information on americans television, text and e-mail information. you heard a sound bite. it doesn t fall left or right. liberal or conservative. some people say snowden is a traitor. others think he s a hero, a whistleblower. your thoughts and then senator paul s lawsuit. go ahead. it s amazing how it doesn t break down left, right or democratic and republican. the breakdown is do you have primary allegiance to the government in which case you don t like edward snowden since
honolulu, thanks very much. new revelations now on surveillance practices within an elite group working for the nsa. now, according to a german magazine, highly skilled hackers have intercepted computer deliveries exploiting hardware vulnerabilities, even hijacked microsoft bug report systems to spy on its targets and, quote, get the ungettable. this information was rorpted by gathered from documents released by admitted nsa leaker edward snowden and comes months after allegations that the u.s. tapped the cell phone of german chancellor angela merkel. in the meantime, two federal judges handing down opposing rulings on the constitutionality of that agency s telephone data collection program and millions of americans connected to it, the lack of consensus possibly paving a way for a u.s. supreme court battle. more from washington.
electricity one week after that massive ice storm slammed the midwest. that system also being blamed for problems in the northeast. some 4,000 remain without power in maine. now another blast of winter targeting the area this weekend could cause more outages. and 1.3 million americans receivi receiving unemployment benefits will see them expire today if congress does not act. two judges making conflicting rulings on the legality of the nsa s sweeping surveillance practices of snooping on all of us. a federal judge in new york dismissed the case saying the nsa s data collection program is legal. this comes one week after a federal judge in d.c. ruled that same program likely violates the constitution. a final decision could be decided by the supreme court. joining us live, congressman
the carbon monoxide and fire hazard. jamie: definitely the time of year that s a great warning. everybody stay safe. gregg: the president s panel find no official wrongdoing occurred in the nsa sweeping surveillance practices. the president suggesting in his news conference he may do precisely that. will it be a mistake. former u.s. attorney general michael mukasey is here with us. before that he was a federal judge and handled terrorism cases. would it be a mistake for the president to make some of these recommended changes, especially about the metadata telephone collection? it would. telephone ma a data is the one