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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by serf on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:59AM (#13391258)
>This environment of abridged civil liberties, police militarization and increased surveillance is what many Americans wanted, post 9/11.

Is that why most of it was achieved through executive order?

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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by sp332 on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:18PM (#13392512)
They were also enthusiastically funded by Congress. They want these things too, but they can pretend they're helpless while shoveling money at them.
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