Spying on The Associated Pressobama has been behind the greatest expansion of the surveilance state in history. The NSA, using the IRS to spy on the tea party, etc. I'm sure Obama had nothing to do with the DoJ just like lynch and Clinton just talked about grandkids on the tarmac.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html
The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to frighten off whistle-blowers.