Obama calls for significant changes in collection of phone records of U.S. citizens - The Washington Post
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President Obama ordered an end to the government’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records on Friday as part of a broad restructuring of surveillance programs that swept up data on millions of U.S. citizens in secret until they were exposed last year by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
Citing the “danger of government overreach,” Obama called for the National Security Agency to give up control of a massive database of phone records, the expansion of court oversight of surveillance programs, and a halt to eavesdropping on foreign leaders considered close U.S. allies.
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