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President obama but listen here, he does defend the government's surveillance. >> i'm obviously not a fan of the incumbent president. i don't know what he did to the program. the program obviously from what's now been released. i think it's good that it's 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 president's 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. ...

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 president's 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 he's dick cheney. dick cheney sometimes said yeah, he took it lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been, not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are ...

The incumbent president. i don't know who he did to the program. the program, obviously, from what's been released is still in operation. i think it's good that it's 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 president's 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 charlie rose. >> some people say obama was this raving liberal before and now he's dick cheney and di...

So on this telephone program, you've got a federal court with independent federal judges overseeing the entire program, and you've 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. >> let's break down this debate, including the "raw politics" from cnn political contributors paul begala and mary fleischer. paul, why go there? >> because that's what is on his mind. probably nothing could be more unkind to barack obama than to bring up ...

In the polls, the very latest shows half the country doesn't believe him. he's lost 10 points with independents, 17 points with people under 30. let's face it, they love their phones and e-mails. to think the government is spying on them, kids don't like it. the president went out, tried to get in front of it, doubled down on what they're doing, sat down with charlie rose and said we're very transparent, even though we aren't. here's the president. >> look, the whole point of my concern, before i was president, because some people say, well, obama was this raving liberal before. now he's dick ...