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Unchecked power corrupts anybody that uses it. Obama should have closed these secret courts that authorize drone murder and mass spying the moment he took offic
by dobbsbob 13y ago
Unchecked power corrupts anybody that uses it. Obama should have closed these secret courts that authorize drone murder and mass spying the moment he took office, now it seems he's been sucked in and corrupted just like anybody else in his position.
Its not just domestic spying either, there is a whole gov propaganda chorus on social media to influence discussion and squash dissent run by centcom. At first they "promised" it would not be used domestically but if you were to go looking around twitter and online media comments you will easily find the centcom puppets demonizing and discrediting Snowden, drowning out the issues he leaked which is criminal domestic surveillance
m.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
- blendergasket 13y agoI'm not sure if its corruption/venality or if its the fact that he has a wife and kids that keep him from going up against those who seem to hold the true power but one way or another it's deeply disappointing.
- flyinRyan 13y agoHe wouldn't really be interested in shutting down secret courts that authorize *the behavior he is interested in perusing". It wasn't Dubya who brought back assassination, it was Obama.