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thenewgreen  ·  3944 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Did Obama Just Destroy the U.S. Internet Industry?

Candidate Obama used it as a differentiator of himself. Here is a video of him in 2007 talking about how the tapping of US Citizens is bad and about the preservation of constitutional rights to privacy.





eks  ·  3944 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The impresion I have is that Obama "was convinced" to go along with these programs after elected. He might have truly believed the system was not abusive, or if he didn't he would be risking creating enemies inside his government, or both.

The problem is, no matter how much non-abusive such a system might be today/yesterday, it will/would derail into abuse in the future (1 year, 5 years, 10 years time, who knows). There's no way people with this kind of power would always "be responsible".

phree  ·  3944 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh come on! I was an Obama supporter as well, but seriously, we need to stop making excuses. He seemed like he might be different, but he turned out like so many politicians who promise you the moon and then just show you their naked ass.

thenewgreen  ·  3942 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I'm with you on this phree. Obama actively campaigned to protect our civil liberties and once in office completely ignored them. He's a liar. Wolf in sheep's clothing.