Snowden fires back at Sen Feinstein over 'surveillance' claim

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden disputed Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) claim that the government's phone record collection program is not "surveillance."

“Today, no telephone in America makes a call without leaving a record with the NSA. Today, no Internet transaction enters or leaves America without passing through the NSA's hands," Snowden said. "Our representatives in Congress tell us this is not surveillance. They're wrong." Snowden didn't mention Sen. Feinstein, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, by name, but she has said repeatedly that the NSA's program to collect records on all US phone calls is not a surveillance program.