Barack Obama actually said...

"The policies and procedures shall also recognize and facilitate the performance of oversight by the Inspectors General of IC elements."

"The collection of signals intelligence is necessary for the United States to advance its national security and foreign policy interests."

"When you cut through the noise, what's really at stake is how we remain true to who we are in a world that is remaking itself at dizzying speed."

"This is not a domestic spying program; this is a program that allows information about telephone calls to be collected."