You, will protect National Security at the same time as protect americans privacy. At the same time, in the senate as you well know, the senate is divided over this bill and the majority leader would like to see the nsa collection preserved and extended for another 5. 5 years. Just in case that approach does not fly, he has got a proposal to reauthorize section 215 42 months 215 for two months while congress can debate on what to do. Having seen this overwhelming vote in the house, do you think that vote compels geordie leaders to bring your bill to the floor . If he does, do you have the 60 votes needed to advance the bill . Mike i would very much like to see that usa freedom bill, the same one passed by the house of representatives by this overwhelming majority of a hundred 38 to 88, i would like to see if brought to the for and debated. If there are senators who have concerns with the, they can introduce amendments to try and make it better. I would like to see that be the point of
Questioning him. Ellen nakashimathe National Post security reporter and bob cusack, the editor in chief of the hill. Thank you for returning. Ellen it has been a big couple of weeks in the world of surveillance reform with last week and federal Appeals Court in new york were saying the nsa Collection Program that collects records of millions of americans phone records, is a illegal and does not authorize by section 215, the patriot act. Just a few days ago, the house voted by an overwhelming margin, 33888 to end that nsa collection and replace it with a more modest form of collection that the sponsors, including you, say will protect National Security at the same time as protect americans privacy. At the same time, in the senate, as you well know, the senate is divided over this bill and the majority leader would like to see the nsa collection preserved and extended for another 5. 5 years. Just in case that approach does not fly, he has got a proposal to reauthorize section 215 for 2 m
Former u. S. Attorney. Julia, this is your reporting. Youre part of the team at nbc news that discovered this approach. What more do we know about it . Lawrence, on the one hand it seems obvious. We know two weeks ago special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a scathing indictment of 13 Russian Hackers not just hackers but influencers. Those were people able to get into social media and influence the way the election was being talked about to sow some distrust in the process. But what we have thats significant here is that a lot of information has recently been turned over to Robert Mueller from the Intelligence Community. This is information that includes the electronic signatures, malware the methods i dont think so. Theres never been a precedent for the United States indicting an elected foreign leader, even a country we dislike like russia. So i dont think were going to see that. I think its important to focus on the significance of this development. These wikileaks, these emails w
Time in the world to do Something Like that, a little extracurricular. Its the only thing i wanted and i got it and im happy. Congratulations. Well be studying it. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. From the start of the special prosecutors investigation, the most important question has been what did trump know and when did he know it . And that is always the most important question in any investigation of a president. Since it was first asked in the investigation of president richard nixon. What did the president know, and when did he know it . But in the Current Special prosecutor investigation, that question is being asked about two president s, President Trump and president putin. What did Vladimir Putin know and when did he know it . And tonight we have reason to believe that special prosecutor Robert Mueller is closer than ever to the answer to that putin question. We have exclusive new reporting tonight that Robert Mueller and his team are preparing new charges against the russians r
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