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Government phone surveillance questions must be resolved “in...

Government phone surveillance questions must be resolved “in a bipartisan manner,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Wednesday during a weekly briefing. The programs have saved American lives despite some legitimate privacy concerns, Boehner said. He pointed favorably to legislation…

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introduced this week by leaders of the House Intelligence Committee that would end bulk collection of phone metadata. “The bill represents the start of a bipartisan conversation” in balancing national security and privacy concerns, he said. The efforts will likely end with bulk phone metadata moving away from government hands, Boehner said.