Domestic Surveillance Tactics Out Of Hand

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Obama’s First Year: Civil Rights Advances and End of Torture, But Continuation of Overboard Domestic Surveillance Practices

On Wednesday night, President Obama addressed the State of the Union. After one year of his presidency, we have reviewed the progress made on civil liberties. Of a set of 145 detailed recommendations the ACLU made to the new president upon his election, the administration has acted on just over one-third of them.

Starting with bold executive orders to end torture and close the prison at Guantánamo, and continuing with positive actions in areas like open government and civil rights, the Obama administration has made some significant strides toward restoring civil liberties and the rule of law.

The administration's record on the ACLU's highest priority recommendations—those it asked President Obama to take on his first day in office—is uneven.

TAKE THE ACLU SURVEY THAT RATES OBAMA'S PERFORMANCE ON CIVIL LIBERTY.

https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=State_of_Civil_Liberties&JServSessionIdr004=ka7ak6sr71.app20a

[babylonsister]

1. "the Obama administration has made some significant strides toward restoring civil liberties ..."

I guess you wanted to start an anti-admin thread? Now I know where you're coming from, as if I had a doubt.

All this positiveness piss you off?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. ACLU words, not mine... don't kill the messenger

[babylonsister]

5. OK., but you put what you did in the OP, and that's not really honest

when reading the whole article.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. it's an abreviated version of the ACLU headline that appears in the article

If you reviewed ALL my OPs from the beginning at DU, you'd discover that I regularly post ACLU articles. And BTW, I support their efforts financially when possible. They aren't everything that I they could be but they're better than nothing. I'm not afraid to stand up for organizations I believe in but I don't take responsibility for their wording.

[babylonsister]

7. Trust me, I don't have the time nor inclination to review all your

posts at DU. But do review mine. :P

I was just saying that you misrepresented what was being said, and I also support the ACLU usually, and post good stuff from them. I don't try to mischaracterize them, and what you provided didn't give that headline. Maybe you didn't provide the link that had that headline?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. I read you regularly and often rec them...

Even when I disagree with your ideas, I find that I respect your willingness to take an strong, unfaltering position.

[ddeclue]

2. and while you're there tell the ACLU "thanks a lot" for screwing us on giving corporations

"free speech".

:eyes:

[TexasObserver]

3. Recommend

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. thanks

[bertman]

9. Poor. Poor. Poor. Poor. Poor. Poor. Poor. I agree with the Poors. Rec.