As a candidate, Mr. Obama said the CIA’s interrogation program should adhere to the same rules that apply to the military, which would prohibit the use of techniques such as waterboarding. He has also said the program should be investigated.
Yet he more recently voted for a White House-backed law to expand eavesdropping powers for the National Security Agency. Mr. Obama said he opposed providing legal immunity to telecommunications companies that aided warrantless surveillance, but ultimately voted for the bill, which included an immunity provision.
The new president could take a similar approach to revising the rules for CIA interrogations, said one current government official familiar with the transition. Upon review, Mr. Obama may decide he wants to keep the road open in certain cases for the CIA to use techniques not approved by the military, but with much greater oversight.
It is as though Obama tied Hope to the bed and is forcing Change to toss Hope’s salad at knife point.
No wonder the Germans liked him; His transition to power is like a shitze video.
Any bets on how silent this minions will be about this lack of Change if it does come to pass?
Or perhaps they’ll be forced to be silent by their “newsgivers”. That link goes to The Huffpo, where they posted the story and then swiftly shut the comments section.
He’ll keep the various interogation methods his base doesn’t like ; he’ll just switch whom he uses them on.