Steve Chapman on NSA Surveillance and the Dangers of Power

At one
time, points out Steve Chapman, Barack Obama ran against an
incumbent president who championed the surveillance state—but then
announced that he was more trustworthy than his predecessor to
exercise such powers. The fact that Obama trusted himself with
these powers is ample reason the rest of us shouldn’t. Now, the
president finally said he wants to finally put domestic phone
records collection under tighter control than before. It’s about
time.

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