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One year into his second term, President Barack Obama has delivered the annual State of the Union Address to the a joint session of the United States Congress.
It was Obama’s fifth State of the Union since assuming office on January 20, 2009. [Read more…]
President Barack Obama will require intelligence agencies to obtain permission from a secret court before accessing telephone data.
In a speech to officials at the Justice Department in Washington DC, Obama announced that he is winding back the government’s surveillance at home and abroad. He announced a series of oversight measures that will govern the collection of signals intelligence.
There will be stricter rules on the privacy of foreigners, particularly heads of state, with a public advocate to represent privacy concerns at a secret intelligence court. [Read more…]