Everyone's asking what changed him? What changed his mind? But I think the simplest answer is that he hasn't changed very much. Obama is and always has been a g

Everyone's asking what changed him? What changed his mind? But I think the simplest answer is that he hasn't changed very much. Obama is and always has been a gifted political opportunist. In 2007 he found it politically expedient to oppose Bush's surveillance programs. In 2013 he finds it politically expedient to oversee programs that are orders of magnitude broader and more intrusive. The man does not have principles. He never had them.