Surveillance panel seeks public input

A new board that President Barack Obama set up to investigate the balance between privacy and security in the era of "big data" is asking the public to weigh in with its thoughts on how those goals can better be achieved. The call for public input issued is vague in its scope, just like the mandate for the newly-created "Review Group on Global Signals Intelligence Collection and Communications Technologies." The announcement warns that comments submitted may be released publicly. However, the statement does not commit to do so.