Re:Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless ...
by grey-area on Sunday October 27, 2013 @03:51AM
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However, he doesn't want to continue these programs unless they are constitutional...This may be a part of a gradual wind down of the war on terror.
Obama has expanded the war on terror to several new countries, and oversees assassinations by drone regularly. He may talk convincingly about civil rights, but he has overseen the expansion of a system denying people those rights, and I have no doubt he is completely aware of just how pervasive and unconstitutional these surveillance programs are but has no intention of changing them, just as he has no intention of winding down the war on terror (as shown by his actions, not his words).
Obama has expanded the war on terror to several new countries, and oversees assassinations by drone regularly. He may talk convincingly about civil rights, but he has overseen the expansion of a system denying people those rights, and I have no doubt he is completely aware of just how pervasive and unconstitutional these surveillance programs are but has no intention of changing them, just as he has no intention of winding down the war on terror (as shown by his actions, not his words).