United States of Surveillance
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This disclosure provides Obama an opportunity to appeal for a return to sanity, constitutional policy, and the rule of law rather than men. He still has plenty of time to go down in history as the President who looked into the abyss and stepped back, rather than leaping forward into it.
I would advise he personally call for a special committee to review these interception programs, repudiate the dangerous “State Secrets” privilege, and begin a tradition for all Presidents by appointing a special investigator to review the policies of their years in office for any wrongdoing.
I would advise he personally call for a special committee to review these interception programs, repudiate the dangerous “State Secrets” privilege, and begin a tradition for all Presidents by appointing a special investigator to review the policies of their years in office for any wrongdoing.
I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party
He closed the door on investigating systemic violations of law, deepened and expanded several abusive programs, and refused to spend the political capital to end the kind of human rights violations like we see in Guantanamo.
There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny. They should be setting the example of transparency.
He closed the door on investigating systemic violations of law, deepened and expanded several abusive programs, and refused to spend the political capital to end the kind of human rights violations like we see in Guantanamo.
There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny. They should be setting the example of transparency.