Jan 17, 2014
President Obama's speech will outline his proposed changes taken from a White House-appointed NSA review panel which offered 46 recommnedations to overhaul the surveillance agency last year.
Given what critics of the NSA understand about what Obama is going to say, expectations are low.
Watch live:
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President Obama's speech will outline his proposed changes taken from a White House-appointed NSA review panel which offered 46 recommnedations to overhaul the surveillance agency last year.
Given what critics of the NSA understand about what Obama is going to say, expectations are low.
Watch live:
_______________________________
President Obama's speech will outline his proposed changes taken from a White House-appointed NSA review panel which offered 46 recommnedations to overhaul the surveillance agency last year.
Given what critics of the NSA understand about what Obama is going to say, expectations are low.
Watch live:
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