When President Obama entered office, one of his first acts was to sign an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. That order was disobeyed. Congres

When President Obama entered office, one of his first acts was to sign an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. That order was disobeyed. Congress published a report describing crimes against humanity committed there, in great detail, naming names. No one who was named has been punished. The CIA has exhibited a pattern of committing crimes against humanity, interfering with attempts at oversight by the White House and by Congress, and destroying evidence. One is left with the impression that it is not, in fact, loyal to the Washington DC government in any meaningful sense, but in fact exists only to protect itself while providing cover for sadists and other war criminals. The president's and congress' failure to take strong action, to outside observers, does not look like any sort of policy decision; it looks like weakness and cowardice, from a government whose de facto power falls far short of its de jure power.