One of President Obama's last acts was to expand and entrench mass surveillance by the Federal government. >New rules issued by the Obama administration under

One of President Obama's last acts was to expand and entrench mass surveillance by the Federal government. >New rules issued by the Obama administration under Executive Order 12333 will let the NSA—which collects information under that authority with little oversight, transparency, or concern for privacy—share the raw streams of communications it intercepts directly with agencies including the FBI, the DEA, and the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report today by the New York Times. This in direct conflict with his earlier promise to do the opposite. >On January 17, 2014, President Obama gave a public address on mass surveillance. Obama promised increased restrictions on data collection of American citizens, which would include the requirement of court approval for searches of telephone records. In addition, Obama called for increased oversight and admitted the dangers NSA surveillance posed to civil liberties. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/01/obama-expands-surveillance-powers-his-way-out https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/01/obama-expands-surveill... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveillance#January_17.2C_2014_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_on_mass_surveilla...