The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's
Presidency
"On Friday, President Obama spoke to us about surveillance as though
we were precocious children. He proceeded as if widespread objections
to his policies can be dispatched like a parent answers an
eight-year-old who has formally protested her bedtime."
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