AT YOUR CURRENT MACHINE.
TOP STORY THIS HALF AN HOUR, THE
NSA SURVEILLANCE BILL, THE HOUSE
ALLOWS WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE,
THE PROGRAM SET TO EXPIRE ON
GENERAL JACK KEANE, FOX NEWS
SENIOR STRATEGISTS TO TALK ABOUT
THIS BIG BOAT?
THIS SCARES ME A BIT, GENERAL?
>> 702 LEGISLATION IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
THE HEART OF THAT LEGISLATION
MEANS WE ARE CONDUCTING
SURVEILLANCE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
WHO ARE DOING POTENTIALLY DOING
HARM FOR THE UNITED STATES AND
THAT LAW WAS NOT IN PLACE PRIOR
TO 9/11.
MOHAMED WHO WAS MOVING AROUND
THE UNITED STATES AND TALKING TO
AMERICANS, WE HAD NO BASIS TO
TRACK WHAT HE WAS DOING AND
CONDUCT LISTENING SURVEILLANCE
ON HIM, NOW WE HAVE THAT
CAPABILITY OF THAT, WHETHER HE'S
OVERSEAS OR WHEREVER HE IS.
THE AMENDMENT, WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO WITH IT, IF AN AMERICAN ASSET
IS INVOLVED, IN OTHER WORDS, THE
FOREIGN POTENTIAL TERRORIST IS
TALKING TO AN AMERICAN, FOR
WHATEVER THE REASON IS, THAT
THEY WANT TO HAVE TO GO INTO A
FISA COURT TO GET PERMISSION TO
BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND SURVEIL
THAT CONVERSATION.
MARIA: DO YOU SEE THIS IMPACTING
AVERAGE AMERICANS?
>> NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
DAGEN: OTHER THAN PROTECTING
THEM.
>> YEAH, THE LAW IS THERE TO
PREVENT A REPEAT OF 9/11 AND
MAKES INFINITE SENSE TO ME AND I
THAT IS IS NOT GOING ON AND WE
SHOULD DISABUSE OURSELVES OFF OF
THAT.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PLAY JUDGE
THE PEOPLE -- PRIVACY ADVOCATES
IN GENERAL, LIBERTARIANS AND
OTHERS MAKE THAT POINT.
I THINK IT WAS THE JUDGE WHO
WROTE IN OP-ED FOR THIS
PRESIDENT TO HAVE GONE THROUGH
WHAT HE WENT THROUGH DURING
CAMPAIGN WHERE HE FEELS AS
THOUGH THE CAMPAIGN WAS
UNLAWFULLY OR, YOU KNOW, SPIED
UPON IN THE WAY THAT WASN'T
RIGHT, THAT IT'S INTERESTING
THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
THAT'S WHAT THE PRIVACY
ADVOCATES SAY.
BUT YOU DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANYTHING TO THAT.
>> THERE'S A THEORY AND NOT
FACTUAL THAT NSA HAS ALL PHONE
CONVERSATIONS AN EMAILS, IT'S
NOT TRUE.
PHONE SERVICE PROVIDERS, TELECOM
PROVIDERS, THEY'VE GOT
EVERYTHING.
ALREADY IS OUT THERE.
MARIA: THEY DON'T SHARE IT.
THAT'S WHY THE FORMER CEO WENT
TO JAIL.
HE SAYS THAT HE WANTED THE
GOVERNMENT -- THE GOVERNMENT
ASKED HIM TO SHARE INFORMATION
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY LIKE THE
UNITED STATES WITH GLOBAL
RESPONSIBILITIES AND PEOPLE
TRYING TO KILL US ON A REGULAR
AMERICAN --
MARIA: I WANT TO TURN TO
PROTESTS IN IRAN, GET YOUR TAKE
ON THIS BECAUSE WHITE HOUSE
THE PROTESTORS AFTER REPORTS OF
TORTURE.
I'M NOT SURPRISED HERE BUT WHAT
ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE WHITE
HOUSE?
THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
CONTOURS OF THE NATION, IT IS
ABOUT REGIME AND SQUANDERING
MONEY AND LOSS OF ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY IN THE COUNTRY, IT'S
NOT ABOUT A RIGGED ELECTION
WHICH WAS 2009 AND THE LEADERS
WERE INVOLVED IN THAT, THIS IS
AFFECTING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, 80
CLEARLY TRYING TO REPRESS THIS
SQUARE WHAT THEY DID IN 2009
WHEN THEY CLEARED THE STREETS
WITH GUNS BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THING,
IDENTIFYING OURSELVES WITH THIS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSIDE THE COUNTRY
AND ALSO FOR THEIR VERY
AGGRESSIVE MALIGN BEHAVIOR IN
THE REGION.
>> WHAT ODDS WOULD YOU PUT ON
UP TO MAYBE INCLUDING SOME SORT
OF CHANGE IN REGIME IN IRAN,
WHAT ODDS WOULD YOU PUT ON IT
RIGHT NOW?
>> I WOULD PUT SOMETHING ON IT.
IRANIAN REGIME IS NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM IT.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE PERMANENT
BECAUSE IT IS TARGETED AGAINST
RUANI WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
MODERATE AND SUPREME LEADER AND
THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE,
SO THERE'S DAMAGE TO DO
CREDITABILITY OF THE REGIME.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT IN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS WE WILL HAVE
REGIME CHANGE BUT I AM
SUGGESTING THAT THE REGIME FOR
THE FIRST TIME HAS BEEN
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
ON IRAN WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY
ERADICATE THE NUCLEAR DEAL.
SO AGAIN, TO CRITICS OF THE
PRESIDENT WHO CHARGED THAT HE IS
RASH AND ERRATIC, THIS IS A MOVE
THAT WOULD SHOW THAT WE ARE
GOING SLOWLY IN DEALING WITH
IRAN.
IF IRAN DEAL FALLS AS COMPLETELY
MARIA: YEAH, LOOK, WE KNOW WHAT
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE
MONEY IN TERMS OF ANY MONEY
COMING INTO THE COUNTRY IS
SUPPORTING TERRORISM.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THE
PAKISTAN STORY AS WELL, BECAUSE
THE SPAK -- PAKISTANI SAYING
>> LET'S BE CLEAR WHY THIS IS
TAKING PLACE, SINCE 2001 WHEN WE
DEPOTSED THE TALIBAN AND THEIR
LEADERSHIP FLED THE COUNTRY,
THEY FLED THE TWO LOCATIONS IN
PAKISTAN, BOTH IN PAKISTAN, SAFE
EVIDENCE, I HAVE SEEN IT MYSELF,
NETWORKS, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY
ARE ASSISTING THE AFGHAN TALIBAN
TO KILL AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND TO
THE PROBLEM, FOR 16 YEARS WE'VE
HAD TWO PRESIDENT WHO IS HAVE
BEEN UNWILLING TO DEAL WITH THIS
ISSUE.
>> $33 BILLION IN AID.
NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT IS
SAYING, STOP.
MARIA: OF COURSE.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO HANDS OF
CHINA, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE,
CHINA WILL BUILD A NAVY BASE IN
PAKISTAN, THEY MADE THE DECISION
IF CHINA CAN COMPENSATE FOR THE
MONEY THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM
EASILY, WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO
IS GET PAKISTAN'S ATTENTION AND
SHUT DOWN THE SAFE HAVENS.
ONE MORE THING FOR OUR AUDIENCE
TO UNDERSTAND, THERE'S NEVER
BEEN INSURGENCY DEFEATED TO HAVE
SAFE HAVEN OUTSIDE THE COMBAT
ZONE, NEVER, WE HAVE TWO OF THEM
HERE AND IT'S GOT TO STOP OR WE
HAVE NO HOPE TO COME OUT WITH
FAVORABLE ENDING IN AFGHANISTAN.
MARIA: REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.
IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN THE U.S.
HAVEN.
>> RIGHT.
HE INSTEAD WHEN TO IRAQ BECAUSE
THIS IS RUMOR FLOATING AROUND
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
CONTINUED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PLAN
AND THAT'S WHY ISIS IS DEFEATED,
THAT'S NOT TRUE, IS IT?
>> NO, IT'S NOT TRUE.
WE WENT RIGHT FOR THE SAFE HAVEN
WHEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
BY THEN WHAT HAD HAPPENED, ISIS
BECAME A WORLDWIDE ICONIC BRAND,
THEY SPREAD INTO 30 COUNTRIES,
THEY ATTACKED NATO 40 TIMES
EITHER INSPIRED --
MARIA: 40 TIMES ATTACKED NATO
COUNTRIES.
>> INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES,
EITHER INSPIRED, DIRECTED OR
SUPPORT OF ATTACKS.
MARIA: THERE'S MORE TO THE
STORY, I WANT TO KEEP TALKING