House intel chairman says Americans will support surveillance programs

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., predicted on Sunday that Americans would ultimately support the National Security Agency’s vast surveillance methods once they learn more about the programs.

“If you can see just the number of cases where we’ve actually stopped a plot, I think Americans will come to a different conclusion than all the misleading rhetoric I’ve heard over the last few weeks,” Rogers said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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