Obama’s War on Freedom
By Stephen Lendman
Global Research
January 17, 2014
Perhaps no president in US history disappointed supporters more than Obama. He pledged “change you can believe it.” He promised hope.
He did Lincoln one better. He fooled most people enough times to matter. He never cared about rule of law principles. He trashed them in office. He deplores democratic values.
He’s beholden to monied interests. “Yes we can” conceals his dark side duplicity. He made America look increasingly like Guatemala. Nothing ahead suggests change.
International, constitutional and US statute laws don’t matter. Bush declared them null and void. So did Obama.
He presides over a ruthless police state apparatus. No one is free and safe. Big Brother watches everyone. Mass surveillance is official US policy.
On Friday, Obama will announce so-called new guidelines. He’ll ask Congress for help. Expect business as usual to continue. Expect worse than ever ahead. Expect lies claiming otherwise.
Ending the fake war on terror matters. So does halting mass surveillance entirely. Restoring rule of law freedoms matters most.
Expect Obama’s war to destroy them to continue. When Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, Center for Constitutional Rights senior litigation attorney Nancy Chang asked: “What’s so patriotic about trampling on the Bill of Rights?”
In March 2006, Congress renewed most Patriot Act powers. In May 2011, Congress and Obama extended key ones for another four years.
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