argues that much of the surveillance is just too important to scrap altogether. >> not only because i felt that they made us more secure but also because nothing in that initial review and nothing that i have learned since indicated that our intelligence community has sought to violate the law. >> reporter: so do any of the changes make us less safe? >> if these programs were stopping huge terrorist attacks, you know, maybe they should be more -- you know, there should be more concern, but the fact is that these programs are not. >> reporter: the president also announced changes that will affect foreigners. he said we will no longer spy on the foreign leaders of close american allies. he also extended some american privacy protections to foreigners, really a remarkable thing. it hasn't been done in the history of intelligence work i was told by one member of the intelligence reform panel earlier today. the administration also leaving many open questions. one question, you know, this public advocate that the president wants to put into the foreign intelligence court, what kinds of cases will those