Here's an excellent 4-minute video on Obama's USA-citizen assassination program and the lawsuit to stop it.
With thanks to Glenn Greenwald who notes:
As always with this topic, it's worthwhile to recap the worldview of many Democrats (including Barack Obama) on such matters:
It was an extreme outrage of the highest order -- a shredding of the Constitution -- when George Bush imprisoned or even just eavesdropped on American citizens without any due process. But it's perfectly acceptable -- even noble -- for Barack Obama to kill them without any due process.
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That's not "change we can believe in."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Obama enables the SEC to become exempt from Freedom of Information requests
President Obama signs financial regulation law, that exempts the SEC from Freedom of Information requests.
This from a president who ran on a platform of transparency in government.
From Wall Street Journal:
SEC Gets FOIA Foil in Financial Law
JULY 31, 2010
By KARA SCANNELL
WASHINGTON—A provision in the new financial-regulation law that limits public access to documents collected by the Securities and Exchange Commission is stoking a debate over the proper level of disclosure.
The SEC says the provision, which applies to information it gathers from brokers and investment advisers, will help it get cooperation from the industry and aid examiners in pursuing wrongdoers. Some outside lawyers say that if the restriction is applied too widely it could make it harder for the public to keep tabs on an agency that has flubbed big cases such as Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud.
The financial-overhaul bill, shown being signed into law by President Obama on July 21, includes a provision limiting public access to SEC records that some say runs counter to the administration's policy of more government transparency. The SEC says it is needed to carry out investigations
The law, signed by President Obama on July 21, affects Freedom of Information Act requests, in which people can seek disclosure of documents held by the government. The SEC can refuse to supply documents that it gathers from brokers and others for purposes such as "surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities," the law says.
"It's very broad. You could read that to apply to virtually anything the SEC is doing with respect to its regulatory responsibilities of financial institutions or banks that are covered by the bill," said Henry Asbill, a lawyer at Jones Day who previously represented Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in a FOIA lawsuit against the SEC. That litigation is continuing.
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That's not "change we can believe in."
This from a president who ran on a platform of transparency in government.
From Wall Street Journal:
SEC Gets FOIA Foil in Financial Law
JULY 31, 2010
By KARA SCANNELL
WASHINGTON—A provision in the new financial-regulation law that limits public access to documents collected by the Securities and Exchange Commission is stoking a debate over the proper level of disclosure.The SEC says the provision, which applies to information it gathers from brokers and investment advisers, will help it get cooperation from the industry and aid examiners in pursuing wrongdoers. Some outside lawyers say that if the restriction is applied too widely it could make it harder for the public to keep tabs on an agency that has flubbed big cases such as Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud.
The financial-overhaul bill, shown being signed into law by President Obama on July 21, includes a provision limiting public access to SEC records that some say runs counter to the administration's policy of more government transparency. The SEC says it is needed to carry out investigations
The law, signed by President Obama on July 21, affects Freedom of Information Act requests, in which people can seek disclosure of documents held by the government. The SEC can refuse to supply documents that it gathers from brokers and others for purposes such as "surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities," the law says.
"It's very broad. You could read that to apply to virtually anything the SEC is doing with respect to its regulatory responsibilities of financial institutions or banks that are covered by the bill," said Henry Asbill, a lawyer at Jones Day who previously represented Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in a FOIA lawsuit against the SEC. That litigation is continuing.
Read More from the article...
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That's not "change we can believe in."
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