via Mother Jones
Substantive reform, or just rebranding in the face of a PR nightmare? Obama’s NSA Reforms Are Going to Tick Off Everyone..
“No one expects China to have an open debate about their surveillance programs, or Russia to take the privacy concerns of citizens into account. But let us remember that we are held to a different standard precisely because we have been at the forefront in defending personal privacy and human dignity.
As the nation that developed the Internet, the world expects us to ensure that the digital revolution works as a tool for individual empowerment rather than government control. Having faced down the totalitarian dangers of fascism and communism, the world expects us to stand up for the principle that every person has the right to think and write and form relationships freely – because individual freedom is the wellspring of human progress.”
Read President Obama’s full speech: http://bit.ly/1b3JdCV