Obama Pre-Vacation News Conference - Full Video

Before leaving for a week-long vacation, President Obama announces four specific steps to reform US government spy work: 1) He says he will work with congress to reform section of patriot act that allows us to collect phone records. He wants additional safeguards against abuse. Oversights and constraints. 2) Work with congress to build greater confidence in judges reviewing surveillance requests. Make sure Government position is challenged by adversary 3) Need to be more transparent. Make more info public. Legal rational for collecting records. Full time civil liberties officer. Website for further transparency. 4) Outside experts to review intelligence surveillance technologies. Interim report in 60 days and final report by end of year. President Obama then took questions. He said