[Infowarrior] - The Surveillance Reforms Obama Supported Before He Was President

[Richard Forno]

The Surveillance Reforms Obama Supported Before He Was President

by Kara Brandeisky
ProPublica, Aug. 7, 2013, 10:24 a.m.

When the House of Representatives recently considered an amendment that would have dismantled the NSA’s bulk phone records collection program, the White House swiftly condemned the measure. But only five years ago, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. was part of a group of legislators that supported substantial changes to NSA surveillance programs. Here are some of the proposals the president co-sponsored as a senator.

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http://www.propublica.org/article/the-surveillance-reforms-obama-supported-before-he-was-president

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