President Obama met with privacy advocates at the White House on Thursday as part of his ongoing review of National Security Agency surveillance reform. Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy Information Center presented Obama with a number of demands, including an end to the bulk collection of U.S. phone records. A White House panel last month issued a similar call, among several others, to rein in the widespread spying exposed by Edward Snowden. At the White House, Press Secretary Jay Carney said Obama will unveil his policy changes in the coming weeks.

Jay Carney: “He is still soliciting input, which he did today, and sort of reviewing the scope of the matter in the — some of the ideas that were presented, for example, in the review group report, which was released publicly. So, you know, he’s obviously close to the end of this review, in a sense that he will be giving remarks about his conclusions and the steps forward he wants to take within the next couple of weeks, or before January 28th.”