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This is an interesting read.
Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform | Mother Jones
In 2008, Democrats were eager to draw a contrast with what they then portrayed as Republican excesses in the fight against Al Qaeda. Since then, the Obama administration has in many cases continued the national security policies of its predecessorand the Democratic Party's 2012 platform highlights this reversal, abandoning much of the substance and all of the bombast of the 2008 platform. Here are a few places where the differences are most glaring:
Indefinite Detention
Warrantless Surveillance/PATRIOT Act
Gitmo
Racial Profiling in Fighting Terrorism
Torture
Everybody saw this coming, right?
Democrats Retreat on Civil Liberties in 2012 Platform | Mother Jones
In 2008, Democrats were eager to draw a contrast with what they then portrayed as Republican excesses in the fight against Al Qaeda. Since then, the Obama administration has in many cases continued the national security policies of its predecessorand the Democratic Party's 2012 platform highlights this reversal, abandoning much of the substance and all of the bombast of the 2008 platform. Here are a few places where the differences are most glaring:
Indefinite Detention
Warrantless Surveillance/PATRIOT Act
Gitmo
Racial Profiling in Fighting Terrorism
Torture
Everybody saw this coming, right?