Obama Offers Plan Meant To Ease Concerns On Surveillance

Feature Article Obama Offers Plan Meant To Ease Concerns On Surveillance

SAT, 10 AUG 2013

President Obama on Friday sought to get his administration ahead of the roiling debate over National Security Agency surveillance, releasing new information about spying activities and calling for changes aimed at bolstering public confidence that the programs do not intrude too far into Americans' privacy.

At a time when leaks by the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden have ripped the veil from the agency's expansive spying both inside the United States and abroad, Mr. Obama held a news conference at which he conceded a need for greater openness and safeguards over vast American surveillance efforts.

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Obama Offers Plan Meant To Ease Concerns On Surveillance

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