This is not Nam, there are rules!
Earlier in the week a federal judge declared the mass collection of telephone data unconstitutional and a presidential advisory panel suggested reforms.
Both the judge and the panel said there was little evidence that any terror plot had been thwarted by the programme.
"There are ways we can do it, potentially, that gives people greater assurance that there are checks and balances, that there's sufficient oversight and sufficient transparency," Mr Obama said.
He said that programmes like the bulk collection of phone records "could be redesigned in ways that give you the same information when you need it without creating these potentials for abuse".
Phones ringin', dude - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25474386 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25474386)
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And the Pres says he'll review the suggestion from the court. ie: No changes.
Nothing will change.