A task force set up by President Obama to review the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities has suggested a list of what it calls “significant” reforms, including restrictions on spying. Among the recommendations: changes in surveillance of both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens to protect their privacy; changes to metadata storage practices; issuance of National Security Letters used by the FBI to compel access to private records; promotion of transparency and accountability; and
an overhaul of the NSA and the secretive FISA Court.
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Surveillance Report Blasts NSA, Recommends Overhaul
Posted by: Richard Adhikari December 19, 2013 02:43 PMA task force set up by President Obama to review the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities has suggested a list of what it calls “significant” reforms, including restrictions on spying. Among the recommendations: changes in surveillance of both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens to protect their privacy; changes to metadata storage practices; issuance of National Security Letters used by the FBI to compel access to private records; promotion of transparency and accountability; and
an overhaul of the NSA and the secretive FISA Court.