NSA Surveillance Programs Under Fire
Pressure on the Obama administration to overhaul the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance program reached an all-time high. In a week when Silicon Valley executives, including the CEOs of Apple, Yahoo and Google, met with President Obama urging him to reign in the NSA's practices, a panel of advisers appointed by the president recommended major oversight of the program. That followed on the heels of a federal court ruling Monday which questioned the constitutionality of the agency's wholesale collection of personal cell phone data.
Guests:
Michelle Quinn, San Jose Mercury News
Cindy Cohn, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Further Reporting:
Forum: Judge Rules NSA Surveillance Program Likely Unconstitutional
San Jose Mayor Tackles Pension Reform
Mayor Chuck Reed is spearheading a ballot initiative to reform the state's retirement benefits system. His proposal would allow public agencies to negotiate reduced pensions for future work while preserving pensions already earned. Opponents of the measure, including other California mayors and labor unions, see the move as an attack on the retirement security of police, firefighters and other public workers.