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Subject Executioner in Chief: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program
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When Barack Obama ascended to the presidency in 2008, there was a sense, at least among those who voted for him, that the country might change for the better. Those who watched in awe as President Bush chipped away at our civil liberties over the course of his two terms as president thought that maybe this young, charismatic Senator from Illinois would reverse course and put an end to some of the Bush administration’s worst transgressions—the indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, the torture, the black site prisons, and the never-ending wars that have drained our resources, to name just a few.

A few short years later, that fantasy has proven to be just that: a fantasy. Indeed, Barack Obama has not only carried on the Bush legacy, but has taken it to its logical conclusion. As president, Obama has gone beyond Guantanamo Bay, gone beyond spying on Americans’ emails and phone calls, and gone beyond bombing countries without Congressional authorization. He now claims, as revealed in a leaked Department of Justice memo, the right to murder any American citizen the world over, so long as he has a feeling that they might, at some point in the future, pose a threat to the United States.

Let that sink in. The President of the United States of America believes he has the absolute right to kill you based upon secret “evidence” that you might be a terrorist. Not only does he think he can kill you, but he believes he has the right to do so in secret, without formally charging you of any crime and providing you with an opportunity to defend yourself in a court of law. To top it all off, the memo asserts that these decisions about whom to kill are not subject to any judicial review whatsoever.

Read more: [link to www.rutherford.org (secure)]

The last line of the SNIP is the most telling. Not that Rmoney would have been any better, but the bomos need to realize that Obama is, at least in my opinion, worse than Bush, Jr.

One thing that has frustrated me is the inaction of the "left" during Obama's tenure.

Where are the protests?
Why is no one protesting Obama's actions?
Where did the sense of activism go? It was moving full steam ahead, and rightfully so under the Bush Terms, but we have heard little with the exception of a few blog posts.
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