White House panel proposes new restrictions on NSA surveillance programs

A White House panel investigating the federal government’s surveillance programs recommended in a report released Wednesday that new restrictions be placed on the National Security Agency’s ability to monitor Americans, though the group did not propose dismantling those controversial spy programs.

The report, prepared by a group of legal and intelligence experts, made 46 recommendations aimed at reforming an intelligence infrastructure that remains rooted in methods authorized in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.