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NSA: White House task force 'recommends surveillance curbs' NSA: White House task force 'recommends surveillance curbs'
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The US National Security Agency should no longer keep its vast database of phone records, a White House-ordered review reportedly recommends.The US National Security Agency should no longer keep its vast database of phone records, a White House-ordered review reportedly recommends.
Phone companies or a third party should hold the data instead of America's electronic surveillance agency, says the panel according to US media.Phone companies or a third party should hold the data instead of America's electronic surveillance agency, says the panel according to US media.
The US has faced criticism since the snooping programme was leaked in June by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden.The US has faced criticism since the snooping programme was leaked in June by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
The task force report is being released by the White House on Wednesday.The task force report is being released by the White House on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama met the five-member Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology earlier in the day.President Barack Obama met the five-member Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology earlier in the day.
The White House has said the outside panel's report includes 46 recommendations about the US surveillance network.The White House has said the outside panel's report includes 46 recommendations about the US surveillance network.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said the review, which was originally to be published in January, is being released now because of "inaccurate" media reports about its contents.White House spokesman Jay Carney said the review, which was originally to be published in January, is being released now because of "inaccurate" media reports about its contents.
According to the Washington Post, the report's recommendations include banning the intelligence agency from asking firms to build backdoor access to users' private communications and barring the US government from undermining encryption standards.According to the Washington Post, the report's recommendations include banning the intelligence agency from asking firms to build backdoor access to users' private communications and barring the US government from undermining encryption standards.
It is unclear how many of these suggestions will be accepted by the Obama administration. It is unclear how many of these suggestions, which intelligence officials are likely to oppose vigorously, will be accepted by the Obama administration.
On Monday, a federal court in Washington DC found the NSA's mass collection of Americans' phone call information was probably unconstitutional, in a case expected to reach the US Supreme Court.On Monday, a federal court in Washington DC found the NSA's mass collection of Americans' phone call information was probably unconstitutional, in a case expected to reach the US Supreme Court.
Judge Richard Leon called the surveillance programme "indiscriminate" and an "almost Orwellian technology that enables the government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States".Judge Richard Leon called the surveillance programme "indiscriminate" and an "almost Orwellian technology that enables the government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States".
And on Tuesday, executives from several large US tech firms met Mr Obama at the White House, reportedly pressing the US president to curb the electronic surveillance programmes.
They demanded more transparency about the programmes, and told the president the programmes were hurting their reputations and the broader US economy by discouraging foreign companies from investing in US technology.