Reply #7: Actually it talks about that in the very first paragraph:

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"The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews."

"In recent months" would indicate under Obama's administration I would think. I guess you could argue that they didn't pin them down to exact dates, but it's still quite alarming. At least I find the whole thing alarming, maybe others are ok with the spying.