Obama Announces Plans To Reform Surveillance Programs

[ProSense]

Obama Announces Plans To Reform Surveillance Programs

By Ben Armbruster

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First, Obama said he would work with Congress to reform the authorities authorizing NSA surveillance so that they include more safeguards and oversight to further protect from abuse.

Obama said he would also push to give greater assurances to the American people that the secret court authorizing surveillance that privacy is being protected, including having government arguments “challenged by an adversary.”

Third, Obama said he wants to declassify more information about the programs, including the legal rationals behind them, and create a website to learn more about U.S. surveillance activities.

Finally, Obama said he would assemble a team of outside independent experts to review communications and surveillance technologies and issue a report on findings and recommendations by the end of the year.

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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/08/09/2446061/obama-surveillance-reform/

[dipsydoodle]

1. Reforms which would not have occured in the absense of Snowden.

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[phleshdef]

2. He proposed reforms to the programs before you ever knew the name Snowden.

[Recursion]

5. Obama proposed ending the AUMF and reining in surveillance *MONTHS* ago

It's not his fault that you don't pay attention.

[dipsydoodle]

10. Try an advanced here search on DU if you believe that to be the case.

Only link I could find was : White House, NSA Clash over Monitoring of Private Company Networks http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002364015 It would seem that life moved on after that.

[Recursion]

14. I've posted 3 OPs about that speech

But, yeah, DU is pretty blind to stuff that goes against the narrative

[dipsydoodle]

15. In fairness I only searched NSA

because that is the subject.

[Recursion]

16. Here's one

This was pre-Snowden

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022986695

[dipsydoodle]

17. Thanks

I must say I'm suprised it didn't attract more interest.

[Recursion]

19. I wish I were

At the risk of sounding snarky

[dipsydoodle]

21. Its different me being UK because of timing difference.

Stuff posted late at night here in the UK in GD on DU is often buried by the next day.

[leftstreet]

3. Good for him!

He went on the Leno show and claimed no one was spying on Americans

Now he's going to prove it

[woo me with science]

8. I love "reforms" to things that don't exist.

It gives me such confidence in my government's honesty and integrity.

[leftstreet]

9. Come on! There's gonna be a cool website and everything

It'll be fun

[Rex]

4. I dunno if making a website will help sway people one way or the other.

Good luck with Congress!

[randome]

6. OMG! What is he hiding NOW??

I mean, what's next? Proposing funds be spent on people instead of corporations? Where will it end???????
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[ProSense]

11. Obama announces reforms.

OMG, Snowden was right!!!

I get the feeling the President just took the wind out of Greenwald.

[millennialmax]

22. Well,

Glenn Greenwald retweeted 1h

HuffPost Media @HuffPostMedia

Obama's press conference could have been subtitled 'The Guardian gets results'

He seems pleased with the results... today. But that won't sell copies of the rag he writes for.

[1-Old-Man]

7. Laws, hard concrete laws, not agreements or rules or regulations .... Laws!

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

12. About time!

[woo me with science]

13. It's all bullshit:

Not stopping the spying. Just trying to mollify the public by claiming more "oversight."

"Obama: New Oversight But No Change To Spying Power" (Press Conference Today)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023435474

[ProSense]

18. No,

"It's all bullshit:"

...it's not.

Wyden Statement on President Obama’s Proposed Reforms to the FISC and PATRIOT ACT
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023436039

Blumenthal Applauds President Obama’s Support For Special Advocate In FISA Courts
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023435963

[Coyotl]

20. I remeber when they reformed FISA and the Patriot Act

I hope they don't make things worse once again, like with a new retroactive immunity law so everyone gets off the hook again.