The White House says they have a plan to end NSA collection of data, by which they mean they are going to make phone companies keep the data and see to it that the courts issue subpoenas when anybody with a badge asks have overview. Snowden says well hey, that’s better than nothing!
And of course, the new proposal only covers American’s phone records, and doesn’t even address the internet, so the rest of the world had better be careful what they say (or follow Mr. Carter’s lead and use good old fashioned snail mail).
Meanwhile, most of the Congress-critters critical of the NSA are quietly being removed from places where they might cause trouble.
Yeah, that sounds like tossing some glitter on “business as usual” and calling it “new and improved” to me.