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By Ben Armbruster
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First, Obama said he would work with Congress to reform the authorities authorizing NSA surveillance so that they include more safeguards and oversight to further protect from abuse.
Obama said he would also push to give greater assurances to the American people that the secret court authorizing surveillance that privacy is being protected, including having government arguments challenged by an adversary.
Third, Obama said he wants to declassify more information about the programs, including the legal rationals behind them, and create a website to learn more about U.S. surveillance activities.
Finally, Obama said he would assemble a team of outside independent experts to review communications and surveillance technologies and issue a report on findings and recommendations by the end of the year.
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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/08/09/2446061/obama-surveillance-reform/
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts).
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)It's not his fault that you don't pay attention.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Only link I could find was : White House, NSA Clash over Monitoring of Private Company Networks http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002364015 It would seem that life moved on after that.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)But, yeah, DU is pretty blind to stuff that goes against the narrative
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)because that is the subject.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)This was pre-Snowden
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022986695
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)I must say I'm suprised it didn't attract more interest.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)At the risk of sounding snarky
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Stuff posted late at night here in the UK in GD on DU is often buried by the next day.
leftstreet
(36,078 posts)He went on the Leno show and claimed no one was spying on Americans
Now he's going to prove it
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)It gives me such confidence in my government's honesty and integrity.
leftstreet
(36,078 posts)It'll be fun
Rex
(65,616 posts)Good luck with Congress!
randome
(34,845 posts)I mean, what's next? Proposing funds be spent on people instead of corporations? Where will it end???????
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)OMG, Snowden was right!!!
I get the feeling the President just took the wind out of Greenwald.
millennialmax
(331 posts)HuffPost Media @HuffPostMedia
Obama's press conference could have been subtitled 'The Guardian gets results'
He seems pleased with the results... today. But that won't sell copies of the rag he writes for.
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)usGovOwesUs3Trillion
(2,022 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Not stopping the spying. Just trying to mollify the public by claiming more "oversight."
"Obama: New Oversight But No Change To Spying Power" (Press Conference Today)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023435474
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"It's all bullshit:"
...it's not.
Wyden Statement on President Obamas Proposed Reforms to the FISC and PATRIOT ACT
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023436039
Blumenthal Applauds President Obamas Support For Special Advocate In FISA Courts
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023435963
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)I hope they don't make things worse once again, like with a new retroactive immunity law so everyone gets off the hook again.