Okay, there’s some stink floating around about the DOJ’s motion for dismissal of some lawsuits in federal court. The complainants in the suites are claiming harm from the Telecommunication Surveillance Program. The defendant is the Department of Justice.
When the lawsuits were filed, the defendant was the Bush DOJ. Now the Obama administration is finding themselves in the awkward position of defending Bush.
Or do they? Does the Obama administration really have to play hardball with these four litigants by calling for dismissal because of the “states secrets” law?
That’s what happened. There are already “experts” out there running in circles and shouting “Obama broke his promise!”
What’s his name, Turley(?), on Countdown with Keith Olbermann – the constitutional professor – you know the guy that never ceases to attack Obama from the left? That guy. He says that the Obama DOJ is now no better than Bush’s and that they have crossed some line and blah blah blah.
Kieth very gently reminded us all that maybe Obamaq never promised to tank the Patroit Act or the TSP.
I think that we got what we paid for. We got a president who campaigned on health care reform, SCHIP and education rebirth, jobs aqnd the economy. I think that he is fulfilling those campaign promises.
Obama once said during the primaries that he was a blank canvass. He was right. The progressive left has projected all their hope and issues on him and when he makes a contrary centrist decision, the progressives get shocked. They think that he would just naturally take the path that they have so actively advocated.
The truth is, I don’t recall him saying that he would not allow the DOJ to protect information that they consider vital to national security by claiming “states secrets”.
No. There is no broken campaign promise. There is, however, a DOJ who is defending our information with the tools they have at their disposal.
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