Snowden Left in Russia’s Cold as Obama Prepares NSA Limit
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President Barack Obama and his advisers aren’t discussing clemency for Edward Snowden as they draw up a response to the backlash over U.S. government surveillance, according to an administration official with knowledge of the deliberations.
Obama is set to announce limits on the National Security Agency’s sprawling surveillance programs as soon as next week. The president already has signaled he favors some new limits on how telephone records are gathered and stored and creating a role for an independent civil liberties advocate at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.