I doubt it has anything to do with foreign policy and more to do with pushing from the private sector (i.e. RSA, Semantec etc).
If they were really concerned about espionage and eavesdropping, the first thing they would do is make sure that the phone lines to the White House were run by domestic companies and not a company with links to Israeli intelligence.
If they were really concerned about espionage and eavesdropping, the first thing they would do is make sure that the phone lines to the White House were run by domestic companies and not a company with links to Israeli intelligence.