President appointed panel recommends scaling down NSA powers, cease collection of Americans’ phone records

2013 has been a hard year for the White House — it’s been working overtime to try and manage the PR nightmare sparked by Edward Snowden’s NSA whistleblowing, fighting the outcry of angry citizens, CEOS and major tech outlets. President Obama eventually carted a panel to review the government’s surveillance programs and propose changes [...] President appointed panel recommends scaling down NSA powers, cease collection of Americans’ phone records | www.limit.ws