From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer.President Obama in a nationwide address tonight called for action against Syriafor its use of chemical weapons against its own people.He'll be also said he's asked the congress to delay a vote on possible military actionwhile diplomatic options are pursued.President said the images and videos of men, women and children second by the attacksconvinced the US can not ignore what's happening in Syria.He said even a limit action will send a clear messageboth the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and others, might consider using chemical weapons."The purpose of the strike would be to deter Assad from using chemical weaponsto degrade his regime's ability to use themand make clear to the world, that we won't tolerate their use."President said while he prefers a peaceful solutionas to order the US military to maintain its positionif the diplomacy fails, in that times in passing to address the congress and the American people.Obama again promised there will no American boots on the ground in Syria.Director of national intelligence says declassified series of documents showinggovernment agencies have exceeded their legal authority when they search a database of telephone calls.NPR's Larry Abramson reportsthe documents indicate a special intelligence court ordered the agencies to correct the mistake.The documents include formally declassified legal opinions from the foreign intelligence surveillance court.They show that backing 2009, the national security agency violated its own ruleswhich grade the restrict how analysts can search a database of most Americans' phone records.The NRC says it pointed out the mistakes to the court and fixed the problem.
