reading on the sandy shores. what qualifies as a beach read when you are the commander-in-chief? obama did pick up a spy novel at walk s politics and pros book store thanksgiving weekend, plus a few more high brow literary choices and a book about the science of athletic performance. it s just as possible, maybe more likely the president will actually be pouring through the new 300-page independent review of the national security agency s under surveillance practices by a white house task force that landened on his desk this week. the report which was prepared by legal and intelligence experts makes 46 recommendations on how to reign in the nsa s expansive data collection practices. a response in a way to all of the intelligence secrets revealed this year by former nsa contractor edward snowden t. panel s biggest recommendation is they should put a stop to the practice of voluming up the phone records and holling that information indefinitely. that it should take a court order for th