Greenwald: Unconvincing Defense of Patriot Act/FISA by Obama Administration Via Washington Post
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Frankly, I’d rather have an openly lawless President who makes little attempt to hide blatant violations of the Consititution, than a faux liberal President who gets away with the exact same shit and worse just because he’s more subtle about it, and he’s a Democrat (Bill Clinton flashback, anyone?)
“…the Obama administration has aggressively defended, justified and embraced the overwhelming bulk of Bush/Cheney Terrorism policies — the exact ones that caused liberals and Democrats to object so vehemently over the last eight years: imprisonment with no trials, maintaining a legal black hole at Bagram, military commissions, renditions, warrantless eavesdropping, claims of state secrets to prevent judicial review of presidential lawbreaking, legal immunity for all but the lowest-level war criminals, abuse-guaranteeing Patriot Act powers, impenetrable walls of secrecy in the national security context.”
The fact that the Washington Post is aiding and abetting Obama is no different than what Judy Miller did for Bush at the New York Times.