According to the White House, “President Obama is near a decision about National Security Agency reforms,”
Obama was to meet with key lawmakers on the matter Thursday.
The 11 a.m. meeting with top lawmakers on the Senate and House judiciary and intelligence panels would be the second of two meetings in two days Obama held on the reforming the NSA’s collection and use of virtually all U.S. citizens’ phone records and changing the rules and decision-making about U.S. spying on foreign leaders.
According to the White House, “Obama met with Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board members Wednesday,” and also talk about operations of the secret court overseeing surveillance.
The board members are responsible for advising the president and other senior executive branch officials on privacy and civil liberties concerns.
According to the Caitlin Hayden (White House National Security Council spokeswoman), “These meeting are an opportunity for the president to hear from key stakeholder as we near the end of our review,”
According to the officials, “Privacy advocates from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and the Cato Institute think tank are to meet separately Thursday with White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler,”
According to the report, “Any decision to engaged in surveillance of the leader of a foreign national must be taken with great care,”
Obama promised last month to lay out his intelligence and surveillance reforms this month.
According to the Hayden, “Obama will make his remarks before he delivers his State of the Union address Jan.28,”
According to the Washington Post, “He could announce the reforms as early as next week,”
Obama Nears Decision on NSA Reforms, White House
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