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Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by noobermin on Monday November 10, 2014 @12:00PM (#8584657)
While I've suspected that the "deep state" as you and your source calls it are "behind the scenes", Obama did come out in support of the intelligence community after the Snowden leaks, so he certainly did not oppose them completely. [1]

While I'm happy Obama is supporting net neutrality, I don't find him blameless.

[1] You didn't explicitly say that Obama really desired to reign in this "deep state," just that any attempt to do so would be difficult. If you did not mean that, I apologize.

Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by revscat on Monday November 10, 2014 @12:18PM (#8584792)
No, I did not mean that. And I certainly believe that there are actions that the President could take that would help to promote a more limited role for the intelligence agencies, etc. I do believe, however, that the ability for any President to limit the power of the government is limited both by Congressional action and by the government itself. No agency wants to see its powers reduced, and will oppose any measures which could affect them.

Basically, any president which seeks to limit the existing power of government institutions will run into institutional resistance.