Episode #58: A Roundtable Discussion of President Obama's NSA Speech

Published: Jan. 18, 2014, 12:41 a.m.

President Obama delivered a\xa0major address\xa0this morning---and released an accompanying\xa0policy directive---in response to the\xa0recommendations\xa0of his surveillance review group. He announced limited reforms to the NSA's surveillance activities, defended the larger role and activities of the intelligence community, and suggested that limited privacy protections extend to non-Americans.\xa0Lawfare\xa0convened a roundtable discussion by phone to discuss the president's highly-anticipated speech; the discussion featured Benjamin Wittes, Robert Chesney, and Carrie Cordero of Georgetown University Law School. Lawfare's managing editor,\xa0Wells Bennett, moderated the conversation.

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