Will Obama Rein in NSA Surveillance Powers?

In early August, at the height of a wave of revelations about far-reaching NSA surveillance programs, President Obama promised he would consider reforming some of the NSA's more controversial practices. "It is right to ask questions about surveillance," Obama said at the time

Four months later, an external task force appointed by the president is about to reveal its proposals. But it's unclear if those will really lead to meaningful reform, as some of those reported proposals have already been ruled out by the White House, just a few hours after they started leaking