Keith Olbermann's scathing criticism of Obama's secrecy/immunity claims

Salon by Glenn Greenwald | Apr. 8, 2009 (Opinion)

Last night, Keith Olbermann -- who has undoubtedly been one of the most swooning and often-uncritical admirers of Barack Obama of anyone in the country (behavior for which I rather harshly criticized him in the past) -- devoted the first two segments of his show to emphatically lambasting Obama and Eric Holder's DOJ for the story I wrote about on Monday: namely, the Obama administration's use of the radical Bush/Cheney state secrets doctrine and -- worse ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Torture, Civil Liberties, Law, U.S. Constitution, Obama Administration, Privacy
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Apr 9, 2009 - 1:32 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 9, 2009

Greenwald follows up on the Obama trashing of the constitution and rule of law, even worse than Bush/Cheney, in the illegal domestic spying arena. The general agreement of people of principle on this topic is noted, including links to Olbermann's sharp attacks on the subject.

This violation of the bill of rights needs to stop; the people have to protest and turn around this policy.

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