MB Civic

By Julian E. Zelizer | Sunday, August 15, 2010 | The Washington Post

“…He has not stepped back from Bush’s robust use of executive power. He has relied on it to strengthen environmental programs and agencies that had been weakened since the 1980s. On national security, the pattern is more striking. Obama’s Justice Department has turned to Bush’s sweeping interpretation of the “state secrets” privilege to battle lawsuits involving the rendition and torture of terrorism suspects, and the president has defended the right of the government to conduct intrusive domestic wiretapping programs…”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/12/AR2010081204734_pf.html