government storage of surveillance data. That's really what we 're trying to do here is alleviate that concern that there could be abuse in the future of these programs, Rogers said recently. Authorization for those programs expires on Friday, but President Barack Obama is expected to seek their temporarily renewal while Congress works on reform legislation, a senior administration official said. Rogers is also a favorite of Sunday public affairs programming on which he frequently criticizes Obama. He joins a cadre of House members not seeking reelection in November, but his seat in the 8th Congressional District is still considered relatively safe for Republicans. But the Rothenberg Political Report and the Cook Political Report shifted their analysis of the district from likely Republican to lean Republican for the November election following Rogersannouncement. Democrats sought to tie together Rogers and Boehner. Senior Republican committee chairmen continue to flee John Boehner's broken Congress rather than defend their indefensible record of siding with special interests over middle class families that has earned them record low approval ratings, Rep. Steve Israel of New York who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Rogers became a key figure in developing U.S. national security policy, informed by his experience as an Army officer and FBI special