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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by dmix on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:22PM (#13395688)
Regardless Obama expanded executive power more than any president in history. So even if Trump doesn't plan to expand it he has plenty to work with already. I doubt he'll reverse it other than streamlining bloated intel agencies.
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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by krapp on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:36PM (#13395752)
He's pledged to reverse all of Obama's "illegal" executive orders... and I assume that, being a Republican, he considers all of them to be illegal.

Trump may not do so, but the Republicans seem to want to dismantle Obama's legacy as thoroughly as possible, and blot him and the effect of his presidency from history like Akhenaten. There would probably be a political cost to pay if Trump didn't reverse it, just on principle.

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