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I ... the chain ... into this office ... it may ... two commitments that are more for the management climate ... number one to keep the American people safe ... the number two ... to uphold the Constitution ... and clues ... or I consider to be a constitutional right to privacy ... and in observance of civil liberties ... now ... the programs that have been discussed over last couple days in the press ... up our ... secret in the sense that they're classified ... but ... they're not secret in the sense that ... all what comes of telephone calls ... every member of Congress ... has been briefed on the spur ... with respect all these programs ... the relevant ... intelligence committees ... are fully briefed on these pro ... these are programs that have been authorized ... by broad bipartisan majorities ... repeatedly since two thousand and six ... and ... so I think at the outset it's ... important to understand that ... your ... duly elected representatives ... have been consistently and four ... on exactly ... what we're doing ... now let alone its eighth ... the the the two ... issues separate ... when it comes to telephone calls ... nobody is listening to yourself ... that's not what is programs about ... as was indicated ... what ... the intelligence community is going ... he is ... looking at ... phone numbers ... and to regions of calls they are not looking at ... people's names ... and they're not ... looking at content ... but ... by sending his room ... this so-called Mehta data ... they may identify ... potential leads ... with respect to ... folks who might engage in terror ... if ... these folks ... if the intelligence committee that it actually was a lesson or phone call ... gotta go back to a federal judge ... just like they won a criminal investigation ... so I wanna be very clear ... some of the ... height ... that we've been hearing all the last day or so ... nobody's listening to the content ... of people's phone calls ... this program by the way ... is fully overseeing not just by Congress ... but by ... the Pfizer court ... of course specially ... put together to evaluate ... classified programs ... to make sure that ... the executive branch or government generally is not abusing them and that ... there is being carried out consistent with ... the Constitution ... and rule of law ... and so not only does that porch ... all the rise ... the initial ... gathering of data ... but I wanna repeat if ... any money in government wanted to go further than ... just the ... top line data ... and wanted to ... for example was rejected homes phone call ... the debt to go back to ... a federal judge ... and ... and and indicate why in fact the that they were going further up ... further ... probe ... with respect to the editor ... and ... females ... this does not apply to us citizens and does not apply ... to people living in the United States ... and ... again in this instance not only is Congress fully apprised of ... what is also true ... is that the Pfizer court last authorized ... so ... in summary when you've got is ... to programs that ... were racially authorized by Congress ... had been repeatedly ... authorized by Congress ... bipartisan majorities have approved ... Congress is continually briefed on how these are conducted ... there are whole range of safeguards in vaults ... and ... federal judges are overseeing ... the entire program throughout ... we are also setting up ... we've also set up an audit process ... when I came into office ... to make sure there were ... after the fact make huge ... absolutely certain that ... all the savers are being properly observe ... um ... now ... having said all that ... you are ever won a maiden speech ... a couple weeks ago ... about ... the need for us to shift out of ... of ... a perpetual war minds ... I specifically said that one other things the wrath of discuss and debate ... is how will we striking this balance ... between the need to keep the American people safe ... and ... our concerns about privacy ... because there are some trade offs of all ... I welcome this debate ... and ... I think it's healthy for our democracy of and it's a sign of a chore ... because probably five years ago six years ago ... we might not and having this debate ... it's interesting that there's some ... folks on the left but also some folks on the right door now ... worried about ... who ... were ... very a ... word about it ... when I was a Republican press either have to go ... that we're having this discussion ... but I think it's important for bread understand I think the American people understand ... that there are some trade offs involved ... you know ... I ... came and ... with a healthy skepticism bouts ... of these programs ... my team evaluated but we scrotum early we actually expanded some of the oversight ... a freeze some of the safeguards ... by ... my assessment ... and my team's assessment ... it was the ... they help us ... prevent ... terrorist attacks ... and ... the ... modest ... think Romans ... long ... privacy there are balls and getting phone numbers were to ration ... without a name attached and not looking at content ... there ... on ... no net ... it was ... worth the story ... masses of some other folks may have a different assessment ... driving its importer I recognize that ... you can have ... uh hundred percent security ... and also then have ... a hundred percent ... privacy ... and ... zero inconvenience ... of ... note It were we're going have to make some choices ... as a society ... and the fact that they're under very strict supervision by all three branches of government ... and that they do not involved ... up ... listening to people's ... phone calls ... do not involve ... reading the e mails of U S citizens are U S residents ... absent from her ... action by a federal court ... that is entirely ... consistent with what we would do for example of a criminal investigation ... um ... I think on balance ... we're ... no we have ... um ... established a process and procedure ... of that the American people ... should feel comfortable that ... but ... again this that these programs are subject to ... congressional oversight ... and congressional reauthorization and congressional debate ... and other members of Congress who feel differently ... then ... they should speak up ... and we're happy to have the effect ... of death ... automotive leather chance to ... talk further during the course of a scuffle that ... thank you guys ... I ... I ... I don't know what wakes ... up because ... of ... there's a reason why these programs are classified ... um ... see you I think ... that there is no ... suggestion that somehow ... of ... any classified program is ... a forum for ... secret program which ... means it's ... somehow all suspicious ... that affect med or is it in our modern history ... the whole range of programs that have been classified because ... when it comes to for example ... fighting terror ... of ... our goal is to stop ... folks from doing us harm and of ... every step toward taking try to prevent ... a terrorist act ... it is ... on the front page of newspapers or on TV and presumably the people who are trying to start ... are to be able to ... get around ... are ... preventive measures ... that's why these things are possible ... by ... that's also why we set up ... congressional oversight ... the folks you ... all vote for ... as your representatives in Congress ... and they're being fully briefed ... on these programs ... and if in fact the words ... there were ... abuses taking place presumably ... those members of Congress could raise those issues ... very aggressively ... their power to do so ... we also have federal judges ... that ... we put in place ... for not subject to political pressure ... they've got a lifetime tenure as federal judges and ... there are power to look over our shoulder ... at the executive branch to make sure that ... these programs are being abused so ... it's so we have a system in which ... some information is classified ... and we have ... a system of checks and balances to make sure that is not abused ... um ... and ... if ... in fact ... this information ends up just being ... dumped out ... Willie knowing ... of ... without regard to ... the rest of the programme rest of the people involved ... in some cases ... on another lakes ... risks to ... personnel and very dangerous situation ... um ... but it's very hard for us to ... to be as effective ... and ... and protecting the American people ... that that's not ... to suggest that ... here you just say ... trust me ... um we're going the right thing we know with the bad guys are ... and the reason ... that's not how works because we got congressional oversight and judicial oversight ... people can trust not only the executive branch but also ... don't trust ... Congress and don't trust ... a federal judges ... to make sure the were abiding by the Constitution due process and roll ball than border have some problems ... um ... what my observation is that the people were involved in ... America's national security ... they take this work very serious ... they cherish our Constitution ... the last thing maybe don't that is ... take a program like this to ... it was somewhat as phone calls ... and by the way with respect to my concerns about ... privacy issues ... I will leave this office somewhere sometime last night three a half years ... and ... after that I will be a private sets ... and I suspect ... that ... up ... you know ... on a list of people who ... might be targeted ... I ... the open so that somebody can read their e mails ... or a listener phone calls I pretty pretty high on LSD ... it's not as if I don't have a personal interest in making sure my privacy is protected ... but ... I know the people who were involved in these programs they operate like professionals ... and these things are very narrowly ... circumscribed ... they're very focused ... and in the abstract ... you can complain about big brother and ... how this is a ... a potential ... you know ... no ... program run amok ... when Ashley one of the de tails ... then I think we trust the right balance ... I ... think you're a much does that say ay ay ... ay ay ay ay