>> i urged him to pull back on the metadata. >> reporter: cnn has learned that the white house is giving serious consideration to several new reforms, including new rules addressing the insider threat in the wake of edward snowden. >> end mass surveillance. >> reporter: including improving the issue of security clearances to better audit who can access what records. setting standards for inscription to make clear the nsa will not break inscription for commercial spying. and issuing new trans paparency reports and how many individuals' records were actually exposed. peter is on the intelligence review panel. >> a particular company for law