Will They Or Won't They?

It’s been but six weeks since NSA leaker Edward Snowden first started exposing the surveillance policies used by the United States government, and that month-and-a-half has provided President Barack Obama with a number of opportunities to engage the Congress and citizenry alike with regards to striking a proper balance between privacy and security. But while the recently disclosed surveillance programs could be stopped at any time, Friday allows the administration the opportunity to not renew one of those policies for the first time since the public began to pipe up.

Should the White House not seek to renew a top-secret directive from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court before 5 p.m. EST on Friday, the government’s ability to compel telecoms for private records will expire.

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In the wake of an unprecedented public backlash and condemnation across the globe, though, the Obama administration may move to not reauthorize the FISA order before it expires.

  RT

And pick it up later when the furor dies down.

hey, do what you want...you will anyway.