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# What the President Should Do: Government Surveillance 

“What the President Should Do” is a new series by the Cato Institute discussing what President Obama can do using executive authority his final year in office to make the U.S. a freer and happier place.

More from Patrick Eddington on the topic of Government Surveillance:

Produced by Caleb O. Brown, Cory Cooper, and Tess Terrible.

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##### [Patrick G. Eddington](/people/patrick-g-eddington)

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