The White House has acknowledged the need for additional "constraints" on US intelligence gathering, amid claims of eavesdropping on allies.
The White House has acknowledged the need for additional "constraints" on US intelligence gathering, amid reports the nation had spied on its allies.
The president made his comments to US television cable network Fusion, as the White House acknowledged the need for additional "constraints" on US intelligence gathering amid claims of eavesdropping on allies,.
Still, it makes sense for Congress to update constraints placed on intelligence-gathering that were drawn up in the disco era.The argument over spying on Americans at home has revolved around the exposure of a programme to collect telephone metadata (the records of who called whom and when, though not what they said).
In fact, Mr. Cheney's views — on executive authority, on military power, on removing constraints from intelligence agencies — were relatively consistent for three decades.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that with new intelligence-gathering capabilities, "We recognize there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence".
We recognise there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence.
"We recognize there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence".
Lib Dem Julian Huppert, who has defended the Guardian's publication of leaks from Edward Snowden, asked: Does the prime minister agree with President Obama that there need to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence, that we need to more effectively weigh the risks and rewards of our activities?
On Monday Mr Carney, US President Barack Obama's spokesman, told reporters the administration "recognise[s] there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence".
