don t take your cell phone in, because it means people can listen in on the conversation. there s also an assumption that the president is being listened in on. are you suggesting that america should unilaterally disarm here? it s happening to us, and us spying on whether it s our enemies or our allies is something that s gone on for centuries i want i agree, spying has gone on for century, but friend and foe. i agree. but certainly noted breadth of spying on 35 world leaders we should u.n. latry disarm them? i m not saying we should we should not be spying on personal crennel phone devices it s okay to spy on their embassies and intel, we expect that. let me ask you about this, tommy. i m onic with eavesdropping overseas, and i think most americans are, too. we understand that this is sort of but do we have the wrong
gone on for a very long time. yes. i don t think you can say it s been an expansion or that we re treading new ground. i think the only difference here is we have someone who is leaking sensitive documents. we just know about it i want we know about it, unfortunately. so in the crossfire tonight, tommy vitore, and jess lynn raddic, just back from moscow where she rifted edward snowden. we ll start with you. i understand what whistle-blowers do, and i support that, but normally it s to protect american interests, american well-being and security. leaking sensitive documents to show who the united states is spying on, in terms of foreign leaders, what purpose does that have? how does that strengthen america to tell germany or france or any other country that we re spying on them, especially when we know they are spying on us. well, i think most of snowden s disclosures have dealt with domestic to domestic spying in this country. it s only recently we learned
back and releases these talking points which were meant for capitol hill. these originally were requested by the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. now, it s true that the cia stripped those pieces out, they did so at the direction of the white house. the cia does not draft talking points that say one thing and on their own hook, go 180 degrees the other way after a white house meeting unless somebody in the white house tells them what to do. and i remind you, sean in those 100 e-mails we saw. there s this extraordinary reference to a secure video conference, it looks like it takes place on friday, in which there are a number of high ranking intelligence and security officials. deputy to the director of the fbi, the number two guy at the cia and so forth. and in the summary of that secure video, we had the cia number two guy mike morrell offering to sit down with tommy
back and releases these talking points which were meant for capitol hill. these originally were requested by the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. now, it s true that the cia stripped those pieces out, they did so at the direction of the white house. the cia does not draft talking points that say one thing and on their own hook, go 180 degrees the other way after a white house meeting unless somebody in the white house tells them what to do. and i remind you, sean in those 100 e-mails we saw. there s this extraordinary reference to a secure video conference, it looks like it takes place on friday, in which there are a number of high ranking intelligence and security officials. deputy to the director of the fbi, the number two guy at the cia and so forth. and in the summary of that secure video, we had the cia number two guy mike morrell offering to sit down with tommy