CNN’s Jake Tapper Rips Obama for Not Working Harder to Renew the PATRIOT Act

TAPPER CNN chief national ░░░░░░░░ correspondent Jim Sciutto is ░░░░░░░░ Jim I have to ░░░░░░░░ these provisions are set ░░░░░░░░ expire Sunday night midnight ░░░░░░░░ have covered President Obama ░░░░░░░░ he was Senator Obama ░░░░░░░░ ve seen him campaign ░░░░░░░░ himself for other people ░░░░░░░░ him campaign for legislation ░░░░░░░░ is the selling job ░░░░░░░░ something he says is ░░░░░░░░ to protect the American ░░░░░░░░ a pool spray on ░░░░░░░░ afternoon SCIUTTO Listen it ░░░░░░░░ t been very sharp ░░░░░░░░ the beginning because remember ░░░░░░░░ back to when Edward ░░░░░░░░ first revealed the phone ░░░░░░░░ program which really led ░░░░░░░░ this whole controversy You ░░░░░░░░ the message has changed ░░░░░░░░ the White House Early ░░░░░░░░ you remember this talking ░░░░░░░░ Fifty terror plots thwarted ░░░░░░░░ this program that number ░░░░░░░░ point disappeared because actually ░░░░░░░░ wasn t demonstrated by ░░░░░░░░ It was watered down ░░░░░░░░ one guy who sent ░░░░░░░░ 500 to Somalia it ░░░░░░░░ specifically netted in the ░░░░░░░░ program and this is ░░░░░░░░ of the criticisms that ░░░░░░░░ led to the opposition ░░░░░░░░ is that there are ░░░░░░░░ tools that the NSA ░░░░░░░░ the U S intelligence ░░░░░░░░ use to nab these ░░░░░░░░ other than full metadata ░░░░░░░░ s the most controversial ░░░░░░░░ are other ones that ░░░░░░░░ less controversial The president ░░░░░░░░ to them for instance ░░░░░░░░ roving cell phone power ░░░░░░░░ you know one of ░░░░░░░░ troubles is you know ░░░░░░░░ guys are smart enough ░░░░░░░░ switch their cell phone ░░░░░░░░ and constantly change them ░░░░░░░░ they know that the ░░░░░░░░ is listening and that ░░░░░░░░ something less controversial Metadata ░░░░░░░░ controversial the president mentions ░░░░░░░░ they have a fix ░░░░░░░░ there They are basically ░░░░░░░░ the metadata from the ░░░░░░░░ s hands keeping the ░░░░░░░░ companies hands and the ░░░░░░░░ would have to use ░░░░░░░░ warrant to get in ░░░░░░░░ And the trouble is ░░░░░░░░ it that message kind ░░░░░░░░ mixed in all this ░░░░░░░░ some of these could ░░░░░░░░ pretty easy selling points ░░░░░░░░ when you and I ░░░░░░░░ talking every day about ░░░░░░░░ threat of ISIS the ░░░░░░░░ here in the U ░░░░░░░░ TAPPER Right That s ░░░░░░░░ I really don t ░░░░░░░░ They have the tools ░░░░░░░░ of the CIA head ░░░░░░░░ the National Security Agency ░░░░░░░░ of the director of ░░░░░░░░ Intelligence all of these ░░░░░░░░ Loretta Lynch who could ░░░░░░░░ on television all day ░░░░░░░░ week talking about the ░░░░░░░░ for these programs and ░░░░░░░░ haven t seen them ░░░░░░░░ guess Loretta Lynch did ░░░░░░░░ interview last week That ░░░░░░░░ about it SCIUTTO No ░░░░░░░░ m with you on ░░░░░░░░ I think they probably ░░░░░░░░ that they would all ░░░░░░░░ around and lo and ░░░░░░░░ they haven t come ░░░░░░░░ and now we re ░░░░░░░░ 48 hours from the ░░░░░░░░