implementing those steps. we have shared with the germans the things we are doing. i will repeat what i have said before. ordinary germans are not subject to continual surveillance, are not subject to a whole range of data gathering. i know that the perceptions among the public sometimes are that the united states has capacities similar to what you see on movies and in television. is principally and surerily on how do we make , those who want to proliferate weapons, transnational criminals are not able to engage in the activities that they are engaging in. in that, we can only be successful when partnering with friends like germany. we will not succeed if we are

we will not succeed if we are doing that on our own. what i pledge to chancellor been in addition to the reforms we have taken, in addition to saying we are going to apply privacy standards to how we deal with non-us persons, as well as u.s. persons, in addition to the ways we are constraining the potential use committedta -- we are to a u.s.-german cyber dialogue to close further the gaps that may exist in terms of how we operate, how german intelligence operates. to make sure there is transparency and clarity about what we are doing and what our goals and intentions are. these are goals that are

tried tolly, we have provide additional assurances to the american people that the privacy is protected. when i have also done is taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence communities to take the privacy interests of non-us persons into account in everything that they do. that is something that has not been done before and most of the countries in the world are not to. the privacy interests of non-us citizens are deeply relevant and cap to be -- have to be taken into account under have to be policies and- procedures to protect them. we are in the process of implementing those steps. we have shared with the germans the things we are doing. i will repeat what i have said before. ordinary germans are not subject

partnership i deeply value. it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains in the relationship. more broadly, i have also been timenced for a very long that it is important for our legal structures and policy structures to catch up with rapidly advancing technologies. , three seriesce ,f -- through a series of steps we are trying to reform what we do. we have taken these issues very seriously. tried tolly, we have provide additional assurances to the american people that the privacy is protected. when i have also done is taken the unprecedented step of

what we are doing and what our goals and intentions are. these are goals that are complicated. we are not perfectly aligned yet . values and weame share the same concerns. this is something that is deeply important to me. i am absolutely committed by the time i leave this office, we're are going to have a stronger legal footing and in the national framework for how we are doing -- how we're doing business in the intelligence sphere. i do noty though that think there is an inevitable contradiction between our security and safety and our privacy. the one thing that i have tried to share with chancellor merkel is that -- you know, the united