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Presidential Memorandum -- Reviewing Our Global Signals Intelligence Collection and Communications Technologies

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/12/presidential
-memorandum-reviewing-our-global-signals-intelligence-collec

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The Review Group will assess whether, in light of advancements in communications technologies, the United States employs its technical collection capabilities in a manner that optimally protects our national security and advances our foreign policy while appropriately accounting for other policy considerations, such as the risk of unauthorized disclosure and our need to maintain the public trust.