> but it benefits them enormously, allowing them to expand their powers, yeah, I know, my personal opinion is that Cheney definitely did that; invading a count

> but it benefits them enormously, allowing them to expand their powers, yeah, I know, my personal opinion is that Cheney definitely did that; invading a country that had nothing to do with terrorism was evidence of that. I don't see this as Obama's motive though, I think he just wants there to be no terrorist attacks under his watch so that he doesn't sustain more political losses on that front alone (look how much flak he took for benghazi). If there was not such a huge political price for terrorism, I get the impression it would be easier for him to reign in the NSA/FBI. But I can't prove any of this, I'm a dem so I'm biased, etc.