This is the best explanation I've seen so far. It requires no one to lie. The Washington Post inferred too much from the evidence it had, but I'm thankful this

This is the best explanation I've seen so far. It requires no one to lie. The Washington Post inferred too much from the evidence it had, but I'm thankful this debate has occurred. The NSA denies that it has broad access, the companies deny it, individuals at those companies also deny it. Obama denies it. All of them speak truthfully. The EFF publishes a timeline of when companies decided to streamline their own access requests, which may well be perfectly truthful.