Intelligence chairmen ask Obama for NSA reform bill

The leaders of the House and Senate Intelligence committees told President Barack Obama that they supported his plans to reform surveillance at the National Security Agency (NSA) but wanted draft legislation to finalize the measures.

“We strongly agree with his comments in support and praise of the professionals in our intelligence community who do this work while upholding the civil liberties and privacy rights of all Americans,” Sen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep Mike Rogers (R-MI) said in a joint statement. “We encourage the White House to send legislation with the president’s proposed changes to Congress so they can be fully debated.”