User Clip: President Obama Remarks on Intelligence Programs

President Obama spoke about National Security Agency surveillance programs and changes to surveillance and data retention procedures. The reforms would eventually shift data retention responsibility from the NSA to telecommunications companies or a third party, and require prior approval from a federal surveillance court to access records. He also outlined a plan to tighten privacy safeguards for foreigners, particularly heads of state, and proposed a new public advocate to represent privacy concerns at a secret intelligence court. close