NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 07: A  Verizon store is viewed on June 7, 2013 in New York City.  In a statement today U.S. President Barack Obama defended the government's surveillance programs following a news leak on June 5  that the U.S. government had been obtaining Verizon's phone records for years. The records were obtained through a secret court order which also revealed that the government has been monitoring business phone calls both nationally and internationally.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)