Privacy Advocates Sound Off on Obama's Proposed NSA Reforms

U.S. President Barack Obama laid out his plan for reforming the National Security Agency's widely-derided surveillance tactics Friday, after months of pressure to do so from privacy advocates, technology companies and fellow elected officials.

The global debate on government surveillance, fueled by documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, is now more than seven months old. Obama first promised to enact changes to NSA policies in August, two months after the Snowden leaks went public. Since then, technology industry leaders, high-level government officials and privacy groups have all urged Obama to make wholesale changes to NSA programs in a timely manner. Read more...