President Barack Obama met with the Privacy and...
President Barack Obama met with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Wednesday in the White House Situation Room, according to his schedule and confirmed by the board. He also met with intelligence community leaders later in the day, according…
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to his schedule. Vice President Joe Biden attended both closed meetings. PCLOB appreciated the chance to weigh in on its “independent bipartisan review and related findings regarding the telephone metadata program operated pursuant to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, as well as on the operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC),” it said in a statement. “The Board remains on schedule to issue its report on the telephone metadata program, as well as on the operations of the FISC, to the President, Congress, and the public in late January/early February. The report will contain a detailed analysis of the Section 215 Program and the operation of the FISC. It will address the 215 Program’s legality, whether it strikes the right balance between national security and privacy and civil liberties, and will make recommendations for legislative and program reform.” There will be a separate subsequent report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 surveillance, it said.