BS headline: ‘Snowden revelations force Obama's hand on surveillance program’

“Analysis -- NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s revelations have forced President Barack Obama’s hand, leading the president to announce new reforms of the government’s classified surveillance programs.

“Obama announced during a press conference Friday afternoon that reforms to the system will make the collection activities more transparent and ‘give the American people additional confidence that there are additional safeguards against abuse.’"


http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/09/19950803-snowden-revelations-force-obamas-hand-on-surveillance-program?lite&ocid=msnhp&pos=1

This administration: Oh, goodness! What shall we do? Someone has embarrassed us! We must do something!

Preferred response: F--- him. Let him rot in whatever backwater takes him.

Snowden’s revelations didn’t force Obama’s hand on anything. Obama’s advisors did.

So your major intelligence organization now will have “an internal NSA position devoted to privacy and an external working group to evaluate transparency in the program. Officials will also launch a new website next week that will serve as ‘a hub for further transparency’ for interested members of the public.”

A “working group” outside the agency to decide if the agency is telling enough of what it does. And a web site.

Obama’s statement is more than the usual BS from the feed lot.