The author of the blog post is a senior PR (titled government relations, but basically same thing) guy, so I think your assessment is fair.
IMO - Every word of that blog post should be taken as code for "this should keep the US government off our back for a while and probably help us win contracts."
IMO - Every word of that blog post should be taken as code for "this should keep the US government off our back for a while and probably help us win contracts."