Intelligence officials cautioned against extensive changes to the government’s surveillance programsrnthat would make the intelligence community what FBI Acting General Counsel Patrick Kelleyrncalled “less agile, less informed, less focused and less effective." The group of lawyers — representingrnthe FBI, National Security Agency, Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligencernat a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board public hearing — did agree Monday that thernagencies would be open to what ODNI General Counsel Robert Litt called "a variety of reforms.” Herncited issues such as shorter retention periods for data, more oversight measures and greater transparency.rnThe surveillance overhauls proposed in the recently introduced USA Freedom Act are opaquely wordedrnand inherently flawed, both he and Kelley said.
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