Not sure about Obama, but maybe Snowden did just for the timing and the linking in the public mind with these companies. For those who've been keeping track o

Not sure about Obama, but maybe Snowden did just for the timing and the linking in the public mind with these companies. For those who've been keeping track of this, this isn't all that entirely new - I mean articles going back over the past few decades in the Washington Post, at least 3 NYT bestsellers by James Bamford, what more do you really need in terms of "revelations"? My general gist of it was that the NSA probably was scooping packets somehow, and if they really wanted to get you, they could. Somehow, this time, the story got traction. I agree w/ the general consensus that it's about damn time. The Mil Industrial Complex will keep rolling on w/ "Top Secret-creep" and "Surveilance-creep" until a proper re-evaluation of the Church reforms and the Patriot act and other contributory/relevant legislation for this day and age is conducted, and enforced. I am hoping the earlier "All wars must end" speech on the part of Obama is hinting at a step in this direction. Of note, it was probably worse pre-internet, when the NSA could just scoop radio signals out of the air...networked communications made it much harder for them - at least temporarily. Also with SIGINT, the NSA is joined at the hip by the UK, Canada, AUS and NZ...the NSA technically could avoid spying domestically by sending intel requests to their counterpart agencies...