This article reads like a press release - completely uncritical. I wonder how much of this was independently researched by the reporter and how much was fed to

This article reads like a press release - completely uncritical. I wonder how much of this was independently researched by the reporter and how much was fed to them by the White House press handlers. It even quotes Jay Carney the master propagandist who leads these efforts. It is clearly targeted at the tech community. This is in hen originally announced on June 20th very similar articles appeared in CNET, All Things Digital, SF Chronicle and the Register. After SOPA they are paying special attention. By itself this appointment does nothing but give the impression of reform for a news cycle or two. The basic strategy is lie and delay the delay and lie until the public moves on to something else. If they really want to have a debate about the balance between security and privacy lets have it. The first step is to state your position by revealing exactly what you are doing today instead of continued lies, stalling and doubletalk.