Wednesday, January 8, 2014

President Obama Is Consulting Intelligence Leaders, Critics, And Congress On The NSA

U.S. President Barack Obama (Reuters/Larry Downing)

Obama To Consult Intelligence Leaders, Congress On NSA -- Reuters

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will consult intelligence officials and congressional leaders as he nears the final stages of a review over how much to rein in U.S. surveillance practices in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, officials said on Tuesday.

Obama later this month is to unveil a series of intelligence reforms, including how the National Security Agency operates, with a view toward giving Americans more confidence that their privacy is not being violated.

Administration officials say Obama is open to taking the storing of bulk telephone data out of direct government control.

Officials said Obama also wants to make sure civil liberties concerns have greater prominence in the deliberations of the top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which approves law enforcement requests to conduct surveillance of Americans or foreigners.

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President Obama Is Consulting With Intelligence Leaders, Critics, And Congress On The NSA

Obama to meet with lawmakers, intel leaders on NSA -- Washington Post/AP
Obama to meet with key lawmakers over NSA issues -- CBS
Obama to meet with lawmakers about spying programs -- McClatchy News
Obama inviting top NSA critics to private meeting at White House -- RT
Obama to Meet With Lawmakers on NSA Reform -- Government Executive
Obama to meet with intel officials, lawmakers ahead of NSA report -- The Hill
Obama to meet with chief critics, defenders of NSA spying -- Washington Examiner
Obama to Discuss NSA Reform With Lawmaker -- Mashable

1 comment:

fred said...

Finally, NSA will do what it wants to do, no matter what.