Friday, December 20, 2013

Presidential Panel to Obama: stop being stupid!

Presidential Panel to Obama: stop being stupid!  I may have changed their wording slightly, but that's the gist.  That One appointed a panel of experts a while back to investigate the NSA revelations and make recommendations for appropriate changes.  The panel's report is evidently a tad testier and stronger than That One anticipated (according to reports leaking from the very leaky White House).  One of those recommendations is strongly worded, saying that the NSA should get out of the business of making encryption standards weaker.  The rest of the world says “Well, duh!” – but not, apparently, That One's administration.  Reports are that the internal debate about weakening encryption rages on – quite a few within the administration rather like the fact that they can now read everyone's mail...

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