REVOLUTION JUST MIGHT BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR After 12 years of being terrorized, the American people have had enough. There is a growing sense that this is a critical moment for American democracy. A national security state engorged by war-on-terror spending has encroached so deeply on our civil liberties that unless we fight back now, those cherished freedoms might be lost forever. President Obama came into office on a cloud of lofty rhetoric about the free flow of information. “My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government,” he declared on January 21, 2009, the day after being sworn in. “We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration.” Those words now have a hollow ring. Under Obama, the government has sharply escalated its prosecution of security leaks and has blocked more Freedom of Information requests than it did under George W. Bush."
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:02:35 +0000
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