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Ca cavalier about civil liberties. >> in 2008 he criticized surveillance programs as a violation of civil liberties. his shift is eliciting passionate reactions. saying technologies are reaching too far in american's lives. others saying the president needs to look at things differently now that he is president and not a senator. >> you get wiser when you put your hand on that baseball and the lives of every single american, you're responsible for that. >> what i heard was the president saying if you like your privacy, you can keep it, but meanwhile he is going to keep collecting all your data...

Get their approval before they can tap in to all of these phone records. as you know, this has been one of the most controversial aspects of this nsa program, that medi data collected, the phone numbers, length of calls, all of that data president obama proposed moving out of control of the government's hand and putting it into a potential third party, maybe even a phone provider. now, the president talked about this proposal, but, again, it's up to congress to work out the details. and we spoke yesterday to the aclu. let's take a listen to what they said about this proposal. >> the president ...

And i also know that in this time of change, the united states of america will have to lead. it may seem sometimes that america's being held to a different standard. and i will admit the readiness of some to assume the worst motives by our government can be frustrating. no one expects china to have an open debate about their surveillance programs. or russia to take privacy concerns of citizens in other places into account. but let's remember, we are held to a different standard precisely because we have been at the forefront of defending personal privacy and human dignity. as the nation that d...

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Less. so in the absence of institutional requirements for regular debate and oversight that is public, as well as private or classified, the dangerous of government overreach becomes more acute. and this is particularly true when surveillance technology and our reliance on digital information is evolving much faster than our loss. for all these reasons, i maintained a healthy skepticism toward our surveillance programs after i became president. i ordered that our programs be reviewed by my national security team and our lawyers, and in some cases, i ordered changes in how we did business. we i...