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In reply to the discussion: It's Getting Close Folks... Greenwald, Naming Names.... [View all]Rockyj
(538 posts)Obama campaigning on transparency but turning out to be the opposite:
"President Obama has failed to deliver on few promises as miserably as his vow to create a more transparent and open government. Shortly after being sworn into office, he sent a memo to federal agencies promising, We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration.
Dan Ellsberg. He called me again last night, said Kiriakou, referring to the man who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon Papers and opened the worlds eyes to the United States long involvement in Vietnam. We talk about this all the time. He keeps asking me, Where is the outrage? If this were a Republican administration, people would be in the streets, right? We would be marching in the streets. But people cut Obama a break to the point of irrationality.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/03/barack_obama_promised_transparency_the_white_house_is_as_opaque_secretive.html
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