> President Obama defended the U.S. government's surveillance programs, telling NBC's Jay Leno on Tuesday that: "There is no spying on Americans."

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/08/06/209692380...

I seem to remember that Senator Wyden's public warnings (over a decade ago) that the government was spying on Americans was one reason for President Obama to go on national TV and lie to Americans.

Senator Wyden has a long history of warning the public on surveillance abuses.