President Barack Obama calls for changes to U.S. National Security Agency surveillance. Obama proposes new privacy advocates assigned to a surveillance court and a transition away from a controversial telephone records collection program. Obama stopped short of major changes advocated by his own surveillance review panel and civil liberties groups. Digital rights groups call on Obama to “end mass collection” of metadata phone records. Obama also promised new privacy protections for foreigners The president also pledged to stop surveillance of the leaders of allied countries, unless there was a significant national security reason.”]
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