US President Barack Hussain Obama
Source: USA Today
President Obama heard from congressional lawmakers Thursday about possible changes to government surveillance programs, and he’s on track to unveil his plan in the next two and a half weeks.
Obama has “committed his administration to working with Congress to pursue reforms to our nation’s surveillance programs and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,” said a brief White House readout of the meeting.
Potential changes include new restrictions on surveillance of foreign leaders and on the handling of telephone and Internet data.
The president remains on track to outline his changes in a speech to be delivered sometime before his State of the Union address on Jan. 28, perhaps as early as next week.
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“He’s had a number of meetings with people conducting close examinations of this issue,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “He’s not yet finished with that and he is still soliciting input.”
A total of 16 lawmakers from the Senate and House attended Thursday’s session in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. They included members of the Intelligence, Judiciary and Appropriations committees.
Congress will probably have to approve some of what Obama proposes in the coming days.
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