10.08.2013 - 07:10 [ Weißes Haus ]

Background on the President’s Statement on Reforms to NSA Programs

Specifically, he laid out four steps his Administration will take:

(1) The Administration will work with Congress to pursue appropriate reforms to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. (..)
(2) The Administration will work with Congress to improve the public’s confidence in the oversight conducted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). (..)
(3) The President directed the Intelligence Community to make public as much information about these programs as possible. (..)
(4) The President called for a high-level group of outside experts to review our intelligence and communications technologies. (..)