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 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.