It is the government's own claim that, for example, the President didn't know what the NSA was doing: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/28/politics/white-house-stoppe

It is the government's own claim that, for example, the President didn't know what the NSA was doing: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/28/politics/white-house-stopped-wiretaps/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/28/politics/white-house-stopped-w... In the absence of leaks and whistleblowing, how do you propose that this kind of power be reined in?