find out what terrorists are up to overseas and inside the country. i m a verizon customer. i don t mind verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the united states. i m glad the activity is going on. he is glad the national security administration is keeping records. that s the nsa s job. do anything to stop terrorists. but what about stopping terrorists from getting guns? i think anyone who is on the terrorist watch list should not lose their second amendment rights without the ability to challenge that determination. these guys want to keep a close eye on everybody except gunowners. is one set of rules for the nsa, and a totally different set of rules for the nra. it s not hard to see that one.
this information is a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of one percent. i don t mind verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the united states. the attorney general eric holder says the justice department goal in investigating leaks is to prosecute government officials who jeopardize international security, not to go after journalists. the department has not prosecuted in as long as i and as long as i have the privilege of serving as attorney general of the united states will not prosecute any reporter for doing his or her job. there are certain goals that i set for myself and for this department when i started back in 2009. when i get to a point where i think that i have accomplished all of the goals that i set i will sit down with the president and we will talk about a transition to a new attorney general. greta: first tonight the
first and fourth amendments. aclu issuing a statement that reads in part quote, it is beyond orwellian and it provides further evidence to the extent basic democratic rights are being surrendered in secret, to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies. even former vice president al gore tweeted this morning, in the digital era privacy must be a priority. is it just me or is secret blanket surveilance obscenely outrageous? a leading republican told fox he plainly wants more information before casting judgment on the program. i don t mind verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the united states. i don t think you re talking to terrorists. i know you re not. i know i m not. so we don t have anything to worry about. reporter: as you mentioned the attorney general is on the hill within the hour on a separate subject but he is likely to take questions on
perspective the program could hardly be anymore alarming. it is beyond orwellian and provides further extent of basic democratic rights are surrendered in secret to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies. but just last hour, republican senator lindsey graham says he thinks this is okay. i don t mind verizon turning over records to the government if the government is going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the united states. i don t think you re talking to terrorists. i know you re not. i know i m not. so we don t have anything to worry about. reporter: the justice department is saying this morning, martha, at this point they have not yet begun an investigation into how this top secret court order ended up in the hands of the guardian newspaper. martha: that is another significant question in all this. peter, thank you very much. bill: it was about two years ago president obama signed
congress. i m a verizon customer. it doesn t bother me one bit for the national security administration to have my phone number. because what they re trying to do is find out what terrorist groups we know about in individuals and who they re calling if my number pops up on some terrorist phone, i m confident that the fisa court is not going to allow my phone calls to be monitored by my government. even as the attorney general tells pete williams exclusively he isn t leaving yet. to be clear, you re not stepping down now? i have no intention of doing so now. nbc s pete williams will be joining us. senate intelligence chair, dianne feinstein on the verizon telephone data collection issue. all the president s women how will susan rice and samantha power change the president s foreign policy? rescued alive, a 61-year-old woman is pulled from the rubble of that philadelphia building