Under pressure by last year's classified leaks of U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled new guidance for intelligence-gathering and reforms intended to balance what he called the nation's vital security needs with concerns over privacy and civil liberties.
In a speech at the Justice Department, Obama sought to defend the need for the government to gather intelligence while responding to protests raised at home and abroad over programs revealed in the leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Obama outlined a series of steps - some immediate and some requiring time to work out, possibly with Congress - that would change some aspects of NSA collection of phone records and other information but generally leave intact the core and function of existing programs.
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Which will promptly be ignored by the NSA and Congress.
A day late, and a dollar short.
Ya know our POTUS was alot tougher his 1st term! Those congressional clowns have wore him down i think. Time to get a female POTUS i think! Lmao
So, POTUS, makes some minor changes, and then puts it all back on others to fix!? Now I suppose HE will "think" that WE, the people, will say the POTUS did his job and it is others who are to blame?
Congress will ignore them, just like Congress voted down every effort to fix it last year. So, yeah, he is doing his job if he at least tries.
Lmao @ ronvan, seriously? He is only ONE man and THAT man aint superman ya know. Plus he works 20 times more hours than our elected brats (and maybe even more) who have said since day 1 that it is their mission to make sure he goes down as a failure. So WHO do YOU honestly think has the MOST to GAIN by making sure it DOESNT get fixed? And its in a very large part our blame as well, since WE THE PEOPLE keep repeatedly voting in this class of clowns we call Congress!
Relax it all be on the State of Union show tonight !!!
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How can the administration still criminalize Snowdon? The guy forced even POTUS to try a change in NSA law. Who is wrong and who is right here?