


C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Obama's NSA compromise plan wins initial praise
Obama's NSA compromise plan wins initial praise

WASHINGTON — President Obama's new plan for the National Security Agency would significantly curb its authority, ending its vast collection of Americans' telephone records, but at the same time give the spy agency access to millions of cellphone records it currently does not reach. The compromise, which would require Congress' approval, won praise Tuesday from prominent lawmakers, including leading defenders and critics of the agency. But it faces a lengthy legislative process during which the agency will continue to collect and store the records of millions of U.S. telephone calls. At a news conference in The Hague, where he took part in a world meeting on nuclear...