What to Expect From Obama's Speech on NSA Surveillance

The NSA's secrets have been leaking like a faucet since June. Now, after months of consideration, U.S. President Barack Obama is going to do something about it

Obama plans to deliver a speech on government surveillance on Friday at 11 a.m. ET in which he will allegedly overhaul the NSA's metadata program. (We will live stream the speech on Mashable.)

Reuters reported:

Obama will say he has decided that the government should not hold the bulk telephone metadata, a decision that could frustrate some intelligence officials. In addition, he will order that effectively immediately, "we will take steps to modify the program so that a judicial finding is required before we query the database," said the senior official, who revealed details of the speech on condition of anonymity. Read more...