Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials On President Obama`s Commitment To "Reform" The NSA

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What NSA Reforms? -- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

President Obama’s message about the government’s massive electronic surveillance programs came through loud and clear: Get over it.

The president used more soothing words in his pre-vacation news conference Friday, but that was the gist. With perhaps the application of a fig leaf here and a sheen of legalistic mumbo jumbo there, the snooping will continue.

Unless, of course, we demand that it end.

The modest reforms Obama proposed do not begin to address the fundamental question of whether we want the National Security Agency to log all of our phone calls and read at least some of our e-mails, relying on secret judicial orders from a secret court for permission. The president indicated he is willing to discuss how all this is done — but not whether.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials On President Obama`s Commitment To "Reform" The NSA

Obama Has Already Broken His Pledge on Surveillance Reform -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
If Obama wanted an 'open debate' on NSA spying, why thwart one for so long? -- Jennifer Hoelzer, The Guardian
Obama's 'Independent' Review Of Mass Spying Is Destined For Failure -- Paul Szoldra, SFGate/Business Insider
Classic Obama charade: Appoint a crony to investigate himself -- Andrew Malcolm, Investors.com
Obama's Security Retreat -- Wall Street Journal editorial
N.S.A. Leaks Make Plan for Cyberdefense Unlikely -- David Sanger, New York Times
Fix NSA mess -- or else -- Christopher Slobogin, Special to CNN
US National Security Agency 'is surveillance leviathan' -- Pia Gadkari BBC News
The Lies Aren't What Makes Obama's NSA Stance So Awful -- Jeffrey Rosen, New Republic
Review Board Drives NSA Activities into Further Secrecy -- Paul D. Shinkman, US News and World Report
How to Restore Trust in U.S. Surveillance -- Gary Berntsen, Real Clear Defense
The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's Presidency -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Barack Obama must go further on domestic surveillance -- Newsday editorial
How NSA surveillance endangers the Fourth Amendment -- Jonathan Hafetz, Yahoo News
Can Americans ever trust their spies? -- Marc Ambinder, The Week
5 More Frightening Details About the NSA -- Kevin Mathews, Care2
Pardon Edward Snowden -- Robert Scheer, Huffington Post
How to Decode the True Meaning of What NSA Officials Say -- Jameel Jaffer and Brett Max Kaufman, Slate