Obama, tech execs to discuss costs of NSA spying

Apple, Twitter, Netflix, Google, Facebook, Yahoo … a phalanx of top executives from leading tech companies meets Tuesday with President Barack Obama to discuss the impact that his controversial spying programs have had on online commerce.

Obama will host the group in the Roosevelt Room of the White House one day after a federal judge decreed that NSA bulk collection of telephone data likely violates the Constitution.

The White House is billing the get-together as a chance “to discuss progress made in addressing performance and capacity issues with HealthCare.Gov and how government can better deliver IT to maximize innovation, efficiency and customer service.”

What about the NSA spying? After all, the blue-ribbon commission charged with reviewing the National Security Agency’s mass warrantless collection of Americans’ telephone metadata and other controversial practices delivered its report to Obama on Friday.

“The meeting will also address national security and the economic impacts of unauthorized intelligence disclosures,” the White House said.

The group also will discuss efforts to boost economic growth.

Here’s the list of attendess, as furnished by the White House:

• Tim Cook, CEO, Apple

• Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter

• Chad Dickerson, CEO, Etsy

• Reed Hastings, Co-Founder & CEO, Netflix

• Drew Houston, Founder & CEO, Dropbox

• Marissa Mayer, President and CEO, Yahoo!

• Burke Norton, Chief Legal Officer, Salesforce

• Mark Pincus, Founder, Chief Product Officer & Chairman, Zynga

• Shervin Pishevar, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Sherpa Global

• Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO, Comcast

• Erika Rottenberg, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, LinkedIn

• Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook

• Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google

• Brad Smith, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft

• Randall Stephenson, Chairman & CEO, AT&T