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09 Feb 2009
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Obama Can’t Make Torture a Thing of the Past?
Added by USGIF Category: Daily Intelligence Brief, General
There is a big difference in running on a “change” ticket and actually having to implement “change” in the complex political landscape that is our great nation. President Obama is feeling this right now in full effect. While he pledged to stop the CIA’s involvement in secret defense and torture, a Justice Department official said today that the new administration would continue to invoke the existing Bush policies. The ACLU is fired up about it — as expected:
“The administration should unequivocally reject the Bush administration’s abuse of the state secrets privilege and permit this case to go forward,” said ACLU attorney Ben Wizner. “Victims of extraordinary rendition deserve their day in court.”
Are our expectations too high of President Obama? Even though his election was a shining moment for our nation, the reality is that there are still bad people out there who want to do harm to our citizens. On the flip side, are the extreme measures taken by the past administration really necessary? We want to hear your thoughts.
Tags: ACLU, CIA, Justice Department, Obama, Renditions, Torture
This blog often tilts to much to the political instead of focusing on geoint topics.
Hi mapperdad…thanks for the feedback. We certainly try to mix in both geoint and news of the intelligence community — especially from the political perspective (since the new intel leaders will shape budgets and planning for geoint in the future). That said, we will definitely add more geoint topics…if you have any ideas on what you would like to see (specifically), please let us know. Thanks again for the comment!