The National Security Agency plans to release details on Monday about the “dozens” of terror plots thwarted by the use of recently leaked surveillance programs, but Washington’s elite is still split on the issue.

On the eve of the NSA’s expected disclosure, opinions on the controversial surveillance programs leaked earlier this month by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden remain varied. Some members of Congress have already received preliminary information about what alleged acts of terror were thwarted by snooping through phone records and Internet habits, but the benefits of a supposed balance between privacy and security are still up for debate.

Speaking on Sunday talk shows this weekend, a handful of past and current politicians weighed in on the matter, including two key members of President George W. Bush’s administration who oversaw surveillance practices in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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