Washington (CNN) -- First the Obama administration and the intelligence community said there was no program gathering Americans' data. Then they said the government was only gathering focused bits of data and only on foreign targets. Then they admitted intelligence operatives were gathering large amounts of data but not accessing it unless a court first gave the OK. Now it appears there are thousands of times each year when the data of Americans not suspected of having anything to do with terrorism are gathered. "Can you understand, though, why some people might not trust what you're saying right now about wanting ..., " a reporter asked President Barack Obama last week at a White House news conference.
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New report raises more concerns over NSA surveillance programs
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Obama: Americans would be comfortable with programs if they knew all about them
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Obama says programs not being abused; later report says NSA often breaks privacy rules
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Court overseeing programs reportedly doesn't see all documents
Rogers: "So the technology does not exist for any individual or group of individuals at the @placeholder to flip a switch to listen to Americans' phone calls or read their e-mails?"