Obama Splits the NSA Baby

King Solomon was immortalized for saving a baby’s life by threatening to split it between the real mother and a pretender. President Obama may become infamous for actually splitting the baby with his decision Friday to praise, and then undermine, critical intelligence collection operations conducted by the National Security Agency.

For example, he announced the NSA would immediately begin transitioning its collection of phone record metadata – without being able to say to what new arrangement. Mr. Obama also said we would stop eavesdropping on “friendly and allied” foreign leaders. That is not comforting since the President thinks the Muslim Brotherhood- and al Qaeda- supporting prime minister of Turkey is one of his closest pals.

Barack Obama has split the NSA baby. Split babies die. Unforgivably and needlessly, so may innocent Americans.