White House Panel Recommends Changes To The NSA

NSA Review To Leave Spying Programs Largely Unchanged, Reports Say -- The Guardian

• Panel to propose bulk surveillance continue – with some curbs
• Adviser calls apparent decision to leave core intact 'shameful'

A participant in a White House-sponsored review of surveillance activities described as “shameful” an apparent decision to leave most of the National Security Agency’s controversial bulk spying intact.

Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Institute, said Friday that the review panel he advised is at risk of missing an opportunity to restore confidence in US surveillance practices.

“The review group was searching for ways to make the most modest pivot necessary to continue business as usual,” Meinrath said.

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