Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama reverses course on privacy … again
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The more Barack Obama learns about George W. Bush, the more he seems to like his predecessor. In yet another reversal from his campaign rhetoric and another broken promise to the Left, the Obama administration has adopted a Bush administration plan to use the NSA to secure private computer networks. The decision contradicts Obama’s earlier position that he would not allow the NSA to have access to private communications networks:
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That was then;
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President Obama said in May that government efforts to protect computer systems from attack would not involve “monitoring private-sector networks or Internet traffic,” and Department of Homeland Security officials say the new program will scrutinize only data going to or from government systems.
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Hmmm. I wonder how the Left is taking this news. Remember how outraged they were at the thought of American intelligence agencies monitoring (spying) on it's citizens.
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