[downandout]

Naivete is an arguable excuse for Obama's statements prior to his first election. But he continued his anti-surveillance rhetoric during his second campaign, and there is simply no explanation for that other than lying.

[cmelbye]

Did he? I can't remember that being an important issue at all in the 2012 election.

[downandout]

It wasn't at the forefront all that much, but he did say it and talked alot about how he was protecting our rights where Republicans weren't.