and gage and financial manipulation changing the money in bank accounts the new white house intelligence task force issued some recommendations on how to reform the n.s.a. and recommendation number thirty one max read government should not use their offensive cyber capabilities to change the amounts held in financial accounts or otherwise manipulate the financial system.

engaged in financial manipulation changing money in bank accounts the new white house intelligence task force issued some recommendations on how to reform the n.s.a. and recommendation number thirty one max read government should not use their offensive cyber capabilities to change the amounts held in financial accounts or otherwise manipulate the financial system so many are asking what exactly did they see that the n.s.a. has been doing and that they would recommend that this course be taken well it's part of the balun psychology we saw in cyprus where the state can just bail in the system by taking your bank account confiscating your bank account this is a mission creep because the central bank. a few decades ago started a relationship with banks like j.p. morgan who hold by some estimates ninety trillion in derivatives off their balance sheet on the bank balance sheet of the federal reserve bank so they share this off balance sheet black market or dark market now the n.s.a. is getting involved in they'll say well all of the bank accounts in america are now part of the j.p. morgan's balanc

white house. their task force on the intelligence collection delivered a report, some recommendations. the president is going to speak on those sometime in january. the tech companies made their points today. the hope is that the case that is going to right now may actually bolster the case that the white house needs to be more transparent about what they are doing. >> while that meeting was going on, the white house was actually announcing that they were taking someone from the technology sector in order to help them with their health care rollout. who did they bring in? >> that's right. the funny part about this entire meeting is when the obama administration set it up, they wanted it to be all about healthcare.gov. people tell being that tech companies would not meet with them unless intelligence issues were brought up. that's said, a microsoft executive, former microsoft executive, was named over to take over for jeff zients, the overlord of this program, kind of a big mess after the october 1 rollout. he has been overseeing it, trying to stamp out the problems over the last month

>>> the white house says it is releasing an independent task force report that recommends changes on how the nsa collects intelligence data. white house press secretary jay carney says the report ordered by president obama following classified leaks by edward snowden will be made public later today. >> over the next several weeks, we will be reviewing the report and the 46 recommendations as we consider the path forward, including sorting through which recommendations we'll implement and which might require further study and which we will choose not to pursue. while we intended to release the review group's full report in january, given inaccurate and incomplete reports in the press about the report's content, we felt it was important to allow people to see the full report to draw their own conclusions. for that reason we will be doing that this afternoon, releasing the full report. >> let's get more now from kristen welker. before we talk about the report itself, let's put about the group put together to review the nsa surveillance program. >> reporter: tamron, a couple of folks who president obama was meeting with

. >>> the white house says it is releasing an independent task force report that recommends changes on how the nsa collects intelligenceecretary jay carney says the report ordered by president obama following classified leaks by edward snowden will be made public later today. >> over the next several weeks, we will be reviewing the report and the 46 recommendations as we consider the path forward, including sorting through which recommendations we'll implement and which might require further study and which we will choose not to pursue. while we intended to release the review group's full report in january, given inaccurate and incomplete reports in the press about the report's content, we felt it was important to allow people to see the full report to draw their own conclusions. for that reason we will be doing that this afternoon, releasing the full report. >> let'set

white house. >> reporter: an advisory task force is telling president obama if he wants to restore public trust, he must make changes at the nsa. the group of intelligence law and tech experts includes former counterterrorism advisor richard clark and former deputy director of the cia michael morell. they gave the president 46 recommendations, among them the nsa should no longer store americans' phone records. instead phone companies or a y records. the report also calls for limits to how much data the spy agency can collect and how long it can be stored. the white house will review the suggestions over the next few weeks. >> including sorting through which recommendations we will implement, which might require further study and which we will choose not to pursue. >> reporter: the president formed amount advisory group shortly after former nsa contractor edward snowden revealed how the agency tracked americans' phone and internet use. >> we need to make sure that we're not gathering intelligence solely because we can but because we must because we need it in order to achieve the objective of protecting the united states. >> reporter: the president is ex

white house task force. elizabeth prann has more from washington. >> reporter: president obama acknowledging he has some work to do over the holiday break. he'll be reviewing the intelligence advisory panel's review of the national security agency. some of the 46 recommendations urges the administration to dial back its mass collection of data records. >> i'm going to make a pretty beginsive statement about all of this in january where i'll be able to say, here are the recommendations that we think make sense. here are ones that we think are promising, but still need to be refined further. >> reporter: the president did defend the nsa on friday, saying there was no evidence the agency acted inappropriately. experts say his tone indicates there will most likely still be reform. americans need to decide how much privacy to give up in exchange for safety. >> americans are going to have to decide whether or not they have defined the war on terror as a war, which i happen to believe it is, or whether it is a crime. >> reporter: on saturday, the director of national intelligence declassified documents showing when the nsa began collecting data, dating back to the war on terror,

other intelligence agencies, which may be more hostile to the united states, discovered how to do this, too. this comes at a time when the white house is reviewing a report by a presidential task force looking into the snowden leaks and the activities of the nsa. here is what the white house says about what the president wants from this report. >> part of this process that the president has asked for is one that will allow us to be as transparent as possible and to, as he said, propose some self-restraint on the nsa and initiate some reforms that can give people more confidence. >> president obama is expected to comment on the nsa report at some point in early 2014. gregg? >> molly henneberg in washington. thanks very much. >>> we have brand-new information about the retired f.b.i. agent who went missing in iran nearly seven years ago. fox news now confirming that robert levinson was indeed working for the c.i.a. and gathering intelligence as part of a rogue mission for the agency. elizabeth prann has more from washington. >> reporter: the white house responding to the news emerging about the former f.b.i. agent robert levinson with much of what we've heard in the past. levinson, th

intelligence agencies which may be more hostile to the united states discovered how to do this, too. this comes out at a time that the white house is just received results of a presidential task force to the snowden leaks. the activities of the n.s.a. that report arrived at the white house yesterday. now the president team will determine what and how much to make public. >> part of the process that the president asked for is one that will allow us to be as transparent as possible. initiate reforms. they can give people more confidence. >> the obama administration says the white house review of the results will be done in january. and the president will make some remarks on this top ib. uma? >> thank you. >>> with the continued problems tied to get folks to sign up for insurance on healthcare.gov there are deadlines approaching to make sure folks get coverage by january 21. december 23 is now the deadline to enroll in obamacare if you plan to have you or your family covered as the new year begins. a lot at stake for the white house as the roll-out moves ahead. joining us now, fox news political analyst juan williams. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> we learned this week that

intelligence of analysis and production. he led the establishment of the dci interagency task force, headed the white house team and the department of security planning office, and was the staff director of the house of representatives committee on homeland security. in 2004, the president awarded him the national security medal, the nation's highest award. please join me in welcoming dr. john gannon. [applause] >> thank you very much. i would also like to join in thanking some of the wonderful folks who helped us get here and supported us since we have got here. terry, director of the clinton library, joe, the directer of cia's information management and services, and david, who's been our right-has been hand supporter for several weeks on this coffers. also, rob simmons archive is here, the library has been so very helpful, and we very much appreciate it. honor for me to be back and be seated again with people like secretary albright, nfc prominent like sandy, nancy, and leon, and, of course, general wes clark, supreme allied commander of europe, but also very active in dispensable member of dick holburg's team before and after

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 intelligencees 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 the government to act says that information from telecommunication companies. at his news conference friday the president sounded opened to that idea. >> it is possible, for example, that some of the same information that the intelligence community feels is required to keep people safe can be obtained by having the private phone companies keep these records longer and to create some mechanism where they can be accessed in an effective fashion t. question we're asking ours is now is does that make sense not only because of the fact that there are concerns about potential abuse down the road with the

white house task force telling the president he need to rein in the spy agency. the individual searches of phone and internet data. terminate the nsa's ability to store intelligenceer for "the weekly standard," fox news could be tribute toker and president of the diligence, a security firm. it appears to me that the storage aspect of this is what is at the heart of this recommendation. how do you see it? >> i think that's one of the most subject andive -- the most substantive part of this. it makes it look like it's making major changes without make major changes. there are a few elements that would result in substantive changes. but by recommending private storage of this information, that's something these private companies don't want to do. it's nice to offer recommendation. but whether they are able to put it in practice is quite another question. >> it seemed the rub for a lot of people was i don't know what you are going to do with that information in five years, 10 years or 20 years even. >> a key part of this in terms of the recommended changes, how is the metadata handled, who holds on to that. if you stick around washington long enough and if you are in

white house has already rejected. the task force also found that bulk collection of telephone records is not essential to preventing terror attacks. senator rand paul is calling on the director of national intelligenceo resign over testimony he gave before the senate. >> clap are's line to congress is probably more in-injurious to our intelligent capabilities than anything snowden did because clapper has damaged the credibility of the entire intelligence apparatus and i'm not sure what to believe any who are when they come to congress. and i do think what our government is doing is unconstitutional. and i really think that in order to restore confidence in our intelligence community, i think james clapper should resign. >> let's bring in nbc news national security analyst and former director of the national counterterrorism center, michael lighter. >> first on rand paul's comments regarding mr. clapper. >> well, i think what jim clapper said was very unfortunate. and senator paul can call for his resignation. i think what is clear is although a lot of these programs were surprising to the american people, there is a really, really long and strong record of congress and the intelligence community bei

intelligence for analysis and production. he led the establishment of the dci in the agency balkans task force. he headed the white house team at the department of homeland to get a transition planning office and was staff director of the house of representatives committee on homeland security. in 2004, the president awarded him the national security medal, the nation's highest intelligence toward. please join me in welcoming dr. john gannon. [applause] >> thank you, terry, very much. i would like to also join in thanking some of the wonderful folks have helped us get here and have supported us since we have gotten here. terry garner, the director of the clinton library. joe lambert, the director of cia's information management and services, and david, who has been our right hands supporter for several weeks on this conference. also, rob and dana, the archivists here at the library have been super helpful and we much appreciate it. really is an honor for me to be back and to be seated again with people like secretary albright, nsc, sandy berger, nancy soderberg and leon fuerth. and, of course, general wes clark who was