A scholar argues that US "security" policy is [ decided by an entrenched bureaucracy, not by elected officials ]( http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/20/reality-national-security-state-trumps-delusions-us-democracy ) . This may be true in practice, but a president opposed to massive surveillance could stop it.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28US_security_policy%29