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President obama but listen here, he does defend the governments surveillance. >> im obviously not a fan of the incumbent president. i dont know what he did to the program. the program obviously from whats now been released. i think its good that its in operation. i think it has, in fact, saved lives and kept us free from other attacks. >> critics of the obama administration continuing these policies, most of them to the presidents left, say these were implemented by the bush white house and why ...

I think it has, in fact, saved lives and kept us free from other attacks. >> critics of the obama administration continuing these policies, most of them to the presidents left, say these were implemented by the bush white house and why is this democratic president keeping them? the president addressed those critics last night. >> some people talking about obama was this raving liberal before, now hes dick cheney. dick cheney sometimes said yeah, he took it lock, stock and barrel. my concern has ...

The incumbent president. i dont know who he did to the program. the program, obviously, from whats been released is still in operation. i think its good that its in operation. i think it has in fact, saved lives and kept us free from other attacks. >> critics now of the obama administration continuing this policy, most of them to the presidents left said these were implemented by the bush white house and why is the democratic president keeping them. he addressed them last night talking to charli...

So on this telephone program, youve got a federal court with independent federal judges overseeing the entire program, and youve got congress overseeing the program. not just the intelligence committee. not just the judiciary committee, but all of congress had available to it before the last reauthorization exactly how this program worked. >> lets break down this debate, including the "raw politics" from cnn political contributors paul begala and mary fleischer. paul, why go there? >> because th...

In the polls, the very latest shows half the country doesnt believe him. hes lost 10 points with independents, 17 points with people under 30. lets face it, they love their phones and e-mails. to think the government is spying on them, kids dont like it. the president went out, tried to get in front of it, doubled down on what theyre doing, sat down with charlie rose and said were very transparent, even though we arent. heres the president. >> look, the whole point of my concern, before i was pr...

>> look, the whole point of my concern before i was president, because some people say, well, obama was this raving liberal before. now hes dick cheney. dick cheney sometimes says, yeah, he took it all lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not that we shouldnt do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism. but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances? so on this telephone program youve got a federal court with independent federal judges overseeing the entire program...

It allows the nsa and the fbi to tap directly into some of the computer servers of some of the biggest internet service providers. and then government analysts can monitor that traffic to some extent in real-time, to some extent to go back and look for. the difference is, this program -- one person says its like standing in the post office and watching out for specific envelopes that go by from parts of the world or people that are deemed to be troublemakers. and its this program were told aimed...

Telephone program is all looking at past records of phone calls. >> pete, theres been a range of reaction in washington today, including a lot of lack of surprise, i guess i would put it as. harry reid, senate leader, said everyone should just calm down and understand that this isnt anything brand-new. its gone on for some seven years. he wasnt surprised about it. and other high-ranking senators indicated they were not surprised about it. they have known about it for a while. what is your sense ...

Raving liberal before and now hes dick cheney. dick cheney says yeah, he took it all lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not that we shouldnt do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a systems of checks and balances. so on this telephone program, youve got a federal court with independent federal judges overseeing the entire program and youve got congress overseeing the program. >> after several closed door briefings today on capitol hill, the m...

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