▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁Board ▁recomm ends ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁end ▁the ▁program ." ▁The ▁White ▁House ▁rejected ▁the ▁find ings , ▁saying ▁" We ▁simply ▁disag ree ▁with ▁the ▁board ' s ▁analysis ▁on ▁the ▁leg ality ▁of ▁the ▁program ." ▁A ▁second ▁PC LOB ▁review , ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁NS A ' s ▁surve ill ance ▁program ▁target ing ▁foreign ers ▁over se as ▁is ▁law ful , ▁under ▁Section ▁ 7 0 2 ▁of ▁the ▁F IS A ▁Am end ments ▁Act ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁and ▁effective ▁but ▁that ▁certain ▁elements ▁push ▁" close ▁to ▁the ▁line " ▁of ▁being ▁un const itution al . ▁The ▁July ▁report ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁Board ▁was ▁" im pressed ▁with ▁the ▁rig or ▁of ▁the ▁government ’ s ▁efforts ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁it ▁acqu ires ▁only ▁those ▁communic ations ▁it ▁is ▁author ized ▁to ▁collect , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁targets ▁only ▁those ▁persons ▁it ▁is ▁author ized ▁to ▁target . ▁Moreover , ▁the ▁government ▁has ▁taken ▁seriously ▁its ▁oblig ations ▁to ▁establish ▁and ▁ad here ▁to ▁a ▁detailed ▁set ▁of ▁rules ▁regarding ▁how ▁it ▁handles ▁U . S . ▁person ▁communic ations ▁that ▁it ▁acqu ires ▁under ▁the ▁program ." ▁ ▁Congress ▁ ▁Re actions ▁to ▁the ▁global ▁surve ill ance ▁dis clos ures ▁among ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Congress ▁initially ▁were ▁largely ▁negative . ▁Spe aker ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁John ▁Bo eh ner ▁and ▁sen ators ▁D