[wetherbeei]

His "4 steps":

1. Work with congress to enact reforms to PATRIOT Act. He said the US is not allowed to listen to any phone calls without a warrant.

2. Work with congress to improve the public's confidence in FISA. Consider changes: a judge reviewing a request only hears one side of the story, but we could allow an outside party to defend civil liberties and privacy "in certain cases".

3. Be more transparent. Create a website to provide more transparency.

4. Form an outside group of intelligence experts to review surveillance technologies.

[wetherbeei]

More from the Q&A:

Asked about if Snowden is a Patriot: "No he is not. I called for a thorough review of surveillance programs before Snowden leaks. A thoughtful, fact-based debate. I signed an executive order that provided protections for whistleblowers in the intelligence community, so there were better avenues for leaking information."

[albeertoni]

It's hard to find something to say that isn't hopeless and nihilistic, so I'll just say this: it's disappointing to see someone who used to be a professor of constitutional law ignore the obvious dangers to free speech of a set of programs and secret laws that he himself oversees.