Claim: Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings …  he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck."
Fact-check: Was Barack Obama against wiretapping before he was for it?
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Katie Sanders
Date published: 2013-12-22T00:00:00