Tomorrow, Friday, US President Barack Obama is expected to unveil changes to the sweeping surveillance programs of the National Security Agency (NSA).
The expected announcements come several weeks after the findings of the committee that was tasked with evaluating the actions of the Secret Service after the Snowden revelations. The work of the committee, appointed by the president, is summarized in more than 300 pages of recommendations in favor of transparency.
If these recommendations are implemented, they would fundamentally change the way the NSA operates. But according to early reports, Obama will implement only a few small reforms. For the larger reforms, the president will leave the responsibility to Congress, in the hope that this will perhaps partially reassure voters and privacy advocates.
From iGuRu.gr, we have repeatedly stated that the Secret Services will not stop operating, whatever tomorrow's announcements, or the decisions of the US Congress. Even if the decisions are announced, and words turn into actions, we should not consider it utopian that the Secret Services operate exactly as they are called: Secretly. And they will continue to operate that way, until the next Edward Snowden.
