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Aisle here that something needs to be done as far as surveillance programs. how optimistic are you about things being done about this? >> part of the reason the president is speaking out on these issues is the public outcry globally. you can see the president is playing to a global stage. the domestic stage has to do with the fact republicans and democrats have finally gotten together on a legislative proposal. you have the freedom act. it would revise the patriot act. to be able to codify these reforms in law so that this president and no subsequent president can exchange that. the devil is i...

Tragedy here in the united states. it's really the first opportunity we had to look back at these ten or 11 years and say did we get the balance right. personally, i'm told the president is going to talk about reducing the pervasiveness of some of the surveillance programs, the met data, collection programs. i think that's important, personally. this is the first time an awful lot of americans thought about the fisa court, which is an important work in protecting civil liberties, but few know about the secret court. i think there's things we can do there to make americans more comfortable abou...

Felt complacent about the potential impact of these programs. those of us who hold office in america have a responsibility to our constitution and while i was confident in the integrity of those who lead our intelligence community, it was clear to me in observing our intelligence operations on a regular basis that changes in our technological capabilities were raising new questions about the privacy safeguards currently in place. moreover, after an extended review of our use of drones in the fight against terrorist networks, i believed a fresh examination of our surveillance programs was a nec...

I or others in my administration felt complacent about the potential impact of these programs. those of us who hold office in america have a responsibility to our constitution, and while i was confident in the integrity of those who lead our intelligence community, it was clear to me in observing our intelligence operations on a regular basis that changes in our technological capabilities were raising new questions about the privacy safeguards currently in place. moreover, after an extended review of our use of drones in the fight against terrorist networks, i believed a fresh examination of o...

So in the absence of institutional requirements for regular debate, and oversight that is public as well as private, or classified, the danger of government overreach becomes more acute. much. and this is particularly true when surveillance technology and our reliance on digital information is evolving much faster than our laws. for all these reasons i maintained a healthy skepticism towards our surveillance programs after i became president. i ordered that our programs be reviewed my by national security team and our lawyers and in some cases i ordered changes in how we did business. we incre...