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** refused to prosecute [[Bush-Cheney administration/torture|Bush administration officials who authorized torture]] (as required by [[UN Convention Against Torture]], to which the US is a signatory) | ** refused to prosecute [[Bush-Cheney administration/torture|Bush administration officials who authorized torture]] (as required by [[UN Convention Against Torture]], to which the US is a signatory) | ||
** supported the most broad interpretation of the [[State Secrets Privilege]] in every legal challenge to the executive branch | ** supported the most broad interpretation of the [[State Secrets Privilege]] in every legal challenge to the executive branch | ||
− | * ''' | + | * '''attacks on the free press''' |
** '''2013-05-13''' | ** '''2013-05-13''' | ||
*** [[URL/to file::http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/phone-records-of-journalists-of-the-associated-press-seized-by-us.html?hp&pagewanted=all&_r=0|Phone Records of Journalists Seized by U.S.]] | *** [[URL/to file::http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/phone-records-of-journalists-of-the-associated-press-seized-by-us.html?hp&pagewanted=all&_r=0|Phone Records of Journalists Seized by U.S.]] | ||
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** '''2013-05-15''' [[URL/to file::http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/15/chris_hedges_monitoring_of_ap_phones#en|Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom]] | ** '''2013-05-15''' [[URL/to file::http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/15/chris_hedges_monitoring_of_ap_phones#en|Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom]] | ||
** '''2013-05-22''' [[URL/to file::http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/21/no-oversight-in-seizure-of-ap-phone-records/|No Oversight in Seizure of AP Phone Records]] "I had asked in the immediate aftermath whether the DOJ had gotten a judicial subpoena or merely used an administrative one; the answer is the latter, which means no oversight at all from a judge. And [[Verizon]] [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/16/verizon_wireless_passed_ap_reporters_phone_records_to_the_feds.html turned those records over immediately]..." | ** '''2013-05-22''' [[URL/to file::http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/05/21/no-oversight-in-seizure-of-ap-phone-records/|No Oversight in Seizure of AP Phone Records]] "I had asked in the immediate aftermath whether the DOJ had gotten a judicial subpoena or merely used an administrative one; the answer is the latter, which means no oversight at all from a judge. And [[Verizon]] [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/16/verizon_wireless_passed_ap_reporters_phone_records_to_the_feds.html turned those records over immediately]..." | ||
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* '''promised increased transparency, but has generally worked against it''' | * '''promised increased transparency, but has generally worked against it''' | ||
** [[2009-03-12 Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a National Security Secret]] | ** [[2009-03-12 Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a National Security Secret]] | ||
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* '''generally has a very bad record on upholding civil liberties''' (in some ways, worse than Bush), despite his background as a constitutional scholar and his pledge to uphold the rule of law | * '''generally has a very bad record on upholding civil liberties''' (in some ways, worse than Bush), despite his background as a constitutional scholar and his pledge to uphold the rule of law | ||
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===manufactroversies=== | ===manufactroversies=== | ||
The following are attempts by various anti-Obama factions (mainly the [[US Republican Party|Republicans]]) to drum up scandals and [[distractivism|draw attention away]] from the various genuine abuses listed above. At their most serious, they represent possible incompetence at some level of the administration. | The following are attempts by various anti-Obama factions (mainly the [[US Republican Party|Republicans]]) to drum up scandals and [[distractivism|draw attention away]] from the various genuine abuses listed above. At their most serious, they represent possible incompetence at some level of the administration. |