Demand Progress said it would not easily accept “cosmetic reforms” to surveillance practices fromrnPresident Barack Obama, who's expected to deliver a speech on his plans Friday. “Real reform requiresrnnot just more transparency, but an end to mass collection of so-called ‘meta-data,’ an adversarial processrnin the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and additional constraints on the collection of communicationsrnof Americans' and citizens of other countries,” said Executive Director David Segal in a statement.rn“Neither Demand Progress's members, nor millions of other Americans, will be placated by a whitewashrnthat revamps the image of the global spying regime but does not offer serious reforms.” Demand Progressrnis helping to arrange a day of protest against mass surveillance, slated for Feb. 11 and in conjunction withrngroups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Mozilla.
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