Hillary: ‘We Have to Make Some Changes’ to the NSA

Hillary Clinton: 'We have to make some changes' to NSA spying authority (The Washington Examiner)

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday blamed domestic spying by the National Security Agency on broad authority granted by Congress and the president to the intelligence community following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but said it's time to re-evaluate that latitude.

"I think we’re finally taking stock of the laws we passed after 9/11," Clinton said in an interview on Fox News. "I voted for some, I voted against some."

The votes in favor of broader authority were appropriate, Clinton said, because of the extenuating circumstances at the time. But now, Clinton said, "People have said the emergency is over and we want to get back to regular order.