"While the alleged abuses occurred during the Bush administration, the ruling added a chapter to the Obama administration’s aggressive national security policies.
Its counterterrorism programs have in some ways departed from the expectations of change fostered by President Obama’s campaign rhetoric, which was often sharply critical of former President George W. Bush’s approach.
Among other policies, the Obama national security team has also authorized the C.I.A. to try to kill a United States citizen suspected of terrorism ties, blocked efforts by detainees in Afghanistan to bring habeas corpus lawsuits challenging the basis for their imprisonment without trial, and continued the C.I.A.’s so-called extraordinary rendition program of prisoner transfers — though the administration has forbidden torture and says it seeks assurances from other countries that detainees will not be mistreated."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/us/09secrets.html?_r=4&hp=&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1284220860-JSOfEHxr+sgBSLlDU9nJSA
It looks like I am voting for a third party candidate in the next election season...
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That worked really well in 2000. Encore!
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