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Barack Obama Campaign News From Irregular Times

• Greenpeace Protest Skewers Democrats On Climate Legislation

  Climate change is already costing us billions of dollars every year, but the Democrats' bill postpones strong action until decades from now - decades too late. Greenpeace confronted this inadequate approach with a dramatic protest yesterday on the face of Mount Rushmore. - 27 hours ago

• Freedom of No Information From Obama

  The Obama White House says it won't share the records of which executives it met with - just as Bush and Cheney wouldn't share the records of its own meetings. - 4 days ago

• Obama Still Can’t Decide Whether To Tell Us The Truth About Torture

  What on earth does Barack Obama need another two months for to decide whether to release the memo? How hard is it for Obama to choose whether to tell us the truth? How long does Obama need to figure out whether to keep his promises of a government of openness, accountability, and respect for constitutional rights? - 8 days ago

• Transparency? Obama Misses First Update of Suspicious Activity Reports

  In March of 2008, Adam Davidson of NPR revealed the massive increase in “Suspicious Activity Reports” to monitor the purchasing and financial transactions of you and prominent “politically exposed persons,” without a warrant, to uncover evidence of precrime. Here’s Davidson’s description of how Suspicious Activity Reports work in the age of Homeland Security: Banks monitor [...] - 8 days ago

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