05/04/2010
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Sometimes it's hard to acknowledge sacrifices made by the people whose work or even identity must remain secret."
"And so what we're going to do is line by line, page by page, $100 million there, $100 million here, pretty soon, even in Washington, it adds up to real money."
"Thank you for all the work that you do to protect the American people and the freedom that we all cherish."
"That was the right thing to do, and the necessary thing to do."