“Significant progress” has been made with regards to reforming the National Security Agency’s intelligence gathering practices, a White House official said, adding that changes to the NSA will be described further in a forthcoming report.
The White House had planned on revealing updates on proposed intelligence reforms this week, the National Journal reported on Thursday, exactly a year after US President Barack Obama announced plans to implement changes in the wake of the unauthorized NSA disclosures attributed to former contractor Edward Snowden in June 2013. Plans to release those details one-year-to-the-day after the president urged reform during a January 17, 2014 address have been hindered, however, and an administration official told the Journal’s Dustin Volz that the public is now expected to be provided with the update before the end of this month.
Deputy press secretary Shawn Turner did not offer specifics, but told the Journal that the updates have not previously been acknowledge.
INC News, 16/01/2015 - via RussianTimes
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