The National Security Agency (NSA) is just doing what it was told to do and spying programs that it has performed over the years should continue - this is what Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell said after the White House ordered the country's main producer and manager of signals intelligence change its approach in data collection program.

The national government has ordered NSA to change its approach, including the greater judicial oversight and more public transparency in the collection of metadata. It also said that collecting mass phone records in 'unconstitutional.'

However, for some senators and top officials of the agency, the data collection program they are practicing is lawful.

"They found no violations, no unlawful activity, no scandal; none of that was found in this report," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, said on ABC's "This Week."

For his part, Morell said that spying on people and other countries is among the biggest reasons why there's no attack in America since the 9/11 event.

"There has not been a successful terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11. And there are a lot of reasons for that; there are a lot of organizations and lot of people who are responsible for that. The National Security Agency is one of those agencies," Morell explained during an interview with CBS.

The reform was triggered after NSA contractor Edward Snowden bared the risks that agency's surveillance and data collection programs can bring to the government and its people.

For Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, the White House will approve any recommendation as long as there is a balance found between protecting Americans' privacy while still maintaining the nation's security.

"We always heard as a child growing up and as we have different phases of our life that big brother is watching you. And now we found out that big brother is truly watching you."