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By: Brendan Calling » Blog Archive » WHERE’S MY FUCKING CHANGE??

Brendan Calling » Blog Archive » WHERE’S MY FUCKING CHANGE?? — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:29:39 +0000

[...] Or the promise to end the Bush-era abuse of state secrets? Well, maybe not so much now: Despite President Obama’s vow to open government more than ever, the Justice Department is defending Bush administration decisions to keep secret many documents about domestic wiretapping, data collection on travelers and U.S. citizens, and interrogation of suspected terrorists. [...]

By: BIG disappointment from Obama « Later On

BIG disappointment from Obama « Later On — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:11:37 +0000

[...] The Obama administration took a similar position in a related British case that I wrote about last week. [...]

By: Colin Waters

Colin Waters — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:35:11 +0000

I don't know if is this is really Obama's Admin not holding true to a promise, but also saying that basically calling us out for something we had no control of isn't going to fly. We have done a lot to reverse what Bush did and we don't want this to taint our relationship.

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Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:04:27 +0000

[...] Washington Indpendent: Daphne Eviatar writes that the “Obama administration may have just failed the first big test of its promises to end unwarranted government secrecy.” [...]