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
different level. it was a double punch. drone, snowden, i ve got to embrace this. i don t think i can imagine this speech today, the need for this speech, the intelligence reform panel, the urgency. the turning of what would normally be an internal review into a very external review, shown to the country and to the world without edward snowden. hold on for a second. we have senator rand paul, republican of kentucky. potential republican presidential candidate, joining us right now. he s been a sharp critic of the administration s nsa surveillance program. so what did you think, senator? were you pleased, not so pleased? el with, what i think i heard was that if you like your privacy, you can keep it. but in the meantime, we re going to keep collecting your phone records, your e-mails, your text messages, and likely your credit card information. so i didn t hear any lessening of the spying on americans or collecting records of americans. i heard that trust me, i m going put some