Obama Asks for Congress’ Help to Declassify NSA Activities – Roll Call

Obama Asks for Congress’ Help to Declassify NSA Activities

By Meredith Dake

Posted January 17, 2014 at 11:23am

President Barack Obama called on Congress Friday to create an independent review board to monitor the National Security Agency’s activities. The board would serve as an “advocate” to plead before special courts to declassify intelligence actions.

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