Craig Murray » Blog Archive » Signifying Nothing:
"When Obama failed to close Guantanamo, failed to act against torture and extraordinary rendition, and sanctioned the killing of thousands through drone strikes, for a long time I kept meeting Americans who claimed he was not a neo-con really, but rather playing a subtle game for liberalism to win in the long term. I don’t know anybody who believes that now, and nobody seems to be arguing it today. Obama is now an open vicious neo-con. The picture says it all.
Some of it was almost amusing. Obama plainly said that America would not spy on allied leaders, but reserved the right to spy on every other person in any foreign country. I found the idea that every German may be spied on except Angela Merkel distinctly amusing. Less amusing is the idea that the secret courts which are supposed to be a check on the NSA – with their entirely pro-government judges – would be “improved” by the appointment of a secret advocate to argue the case for privacy, without the subjects of the cases having any contact with their advocate or even being aware the case is going on."
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