Saturday, December 21, 2013

NSA needs some drastic control.

Task Force Urges Limit On NSA Snooping (Click on this heading to read more)

Julie Pace & Kimberly Dozier
Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 4:32 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A presidential advisory panel has recommended dozens of changes to the government's surveillance programs, including stripping the National Security Agency of its ability to store Americans' telephone records and requiring a court to sign off on the individual searches of phone and Internet data.

The panel did not recommend that the NSA stop seizing phone and Internet data entirely, and it was unclear whether the changes would limit the scope of the collections. President Barack Obama ordered the review board to submit recommendations following disclosures earlier this year about the vast nature of the government's surveillance programs, but he is under no obligation to accept their proposals.

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