No. It's been around for many years and several administrations.
But we don't want facts to get in the way of a good conspiracy.
And there's going to be another 50 outraged replies to this thread that don't notice the several informed replies pointing out this was a long-standing policy.
There's a whole cottage industry blaming Obama for policies extending back through the GWB adminstration, Reagan, or even further back. This sort of nonsense destroys the credibility of legitimate criticism of Obama.