The Coal Speaker

aromaticfog:

Obama’s NSA ‘reforms’ are little more than a PR attempt to mollify the public
Glenn Greenwald, theguardian.com

Obama is draping the banner of change over the NSA status quo. Bulk surveillance that caused such outrage will remain in place

In response to political scandal and public outrage, official Washington repeatedly uses the same well-worn tactic. It…

Sad. Trust no-one. Especially the US government, apparently.

It certainly gave me a chuckle to hear the big announcement that WE WILL STILL COLLECT THE DATA but just not store it. 

He sure did have a lot of flags behind him, though..