I may be naive but I have a theory that government officials will defend anything the government does -- regardless of whether the accusations are true. The NS

I may be naive but I have a theory that government officials will defend anything the government does -- regardless of whether the accusations are true. The NSA PRISM program may not even exist, however the Obama government may be too incensed with the notion of anybody opposing government's encroachment on privacy and civil liberties, and thusly they're hastily defending and deflecting any accusations of wrong-doing.