Panel to Obama: Shut down NSA phone spying
January 23, 2014
A sharply divided government task force that reviewed the National Security Agency’s surveillance program for four months has urged President Barack Obama to shut
Resistance to changes in NSA phone record keeping
January 14, 2014
Telephone companies are quietly balking at the idea of changing how they collect and store Americans’ phone records to help the National Security Agency’s surveillance
Obama expected to restrict some spying by NSA
January 9, 2014
President Barack Obama is expected to tighten restrictions on U.S. spying on foreign leaders and also is considering changes in National Security Agency access to
White House spy panel: ‘Replace duplicate panel’
December 20, 2013
For months, two review panels given nearly identical assignments by President Barack Obama have been studying how the White House should change or limit the
Federal oversight board hears testimony on NSA spying on Americans
July 9, 2013
The federal oversight board directed by President Barack Obama to scrutinize the government’s secret surveillance system is hearing from civil liberties activists, a retired federal
Obama set to meet with privacy, civil liberties board
June 21, 2013
President Barack Obama is holding his first meeting with a privacy and civil liberties board Friday as he seeks to make good on his pledge
Obama uses obscure, untested oversight board to justify NSA spying on Americans
June 19, 2013
The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The