I dunno. On the civil liberties front, the EFF was complaining by April 2009 that Obama was worse than Bush regarding state secrets privilege. The NSA issues

I dunno. On the civil liberties front, the EFF was complaining by April 2009 that Obama was worse than Bush regarding state secrets privilege. The NSA issues are things that appear to have accelerated under Obama as well. Sure Congress bets some blame, but you can't blame the opposition in Congress for Executive abuses of power. That we are out of Iraq was despite Obama's best efforts to the contrary. That we got some transparency in civil liberties vs the war on terror have occurred despite Obama's war on whistleblowers.