My administration will not talk about how we gather intelligence, if we gather intelligence and what the intelligence says.
He added: "We in the U.S. are currently reviewing the way that we gather intelligence.
"Where we gather intelligence, particularly if a friend is involved, it isn't to harm that country," he said.
And, secondly, what kind of support are you looking for from Congress, in terms of your willingness to act? A. We are -- we will not discuss intelligence matters, how we gather intelligence, and what we know...
"We need to take our approach to domestic violence into the next era to make it about how we gather intelligence systematically and share that information between a range of agencies to hold perpetrators to account and keep women safe".
"Just as we reviewed how we deploy our extraordinary military capabilities in a way that lives up to our ideals," the president said, "we have begun to review the way that we gather intelligence, so as to properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies, with the privacy concerns that all people share".
And just as we reviewed how we deploy our extraordinary military capabilities in a way that lives up to our ideals, we have begun to review the way that we gather intelligence, so as to properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies, with the privacy concerns that all people share.
And just as we reviewed how we deploy our extraordinary military capabilities in a way that lives up to our ideals, we've begun to review the way that we gather intelligence so that we properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share.
3.15pm BST In fact Obama's speech does contain a reply to Rousseff, if just one line: "We've begun to review the way that we gather intelligence" to balance security concerns of Americans and allies with "privacy concerns that all people share," Obama says.
Whatever one thinks of Snowden, one thing is clear: He jump-started an important national conversation that forced the most powerful man in the world to admit that we need to reconsider the way we gather intelligence.
