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Steven Aftergood: Obama Ambivalent on Open Government

AN AMBIVALENT WHITE HOUSE REPORT ON OPEN GOVERNMENT The White House reiterated its support for open government in a new report issued Friday afternoon.  But curiously, the 33-page document on “The Obama Administration’s Commitment to Open Government” (pdf) downplays or overlooks many of the Administration’s principal achievements  in reducing inappropriate secrecy.  At the same time, …

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Owl: Obama Feared Coup in 2008 if Prosecutions of Bush Team, CIA, NSA Went Forward

Some insights into how Obama team perceived their vulnerability if they went after war crimes during the Bush era. Obama Team Feared Coup If He Prosecuted War Crimes By Andrew Kreig OpEdNews, 7 September 2011 President-Elect Obama’s advisers feared in 2008 that authorities would oust him in a coup and that Republicans would block his …

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Chuck Spinney: Obama Implodes…the Story Continues

President Obama in trouble at home and around the world.  The common denominator in his problems is a failure to follow through on expectations he recklessly excites … while this  mismatch is clear in the mounting alienation of his domestic political base in the United States, it is also evident his plummeting popularity abroad, particularly …

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Cynthia McKinney: Obama Conniving, Gaddafi Speech

Obama’s secret plan to spin his Libyan misadventure Senior Congressional sources in Washington have disclosed to The Mail on Sunday that President Obama has told the Libyan rebels through intermediaries that a condition of continued support from the US is that they must hand over Megrahi if they enter Tripoli. Brother Leader Muammar Qadhafi’s Speech …

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