Obama Breaks another Electoral Promise

President Obama's pledge to turn the CIA's involvement in secret detention and torture into a thing of the past was sharply tested today, and critics say he failed miserably.

"This is not change," said the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is definitely more of the same."

In a federal court hearing in San Francisco this morning, a representative of the Justice Department said it would continue the Bush policy of invoking the 'state secrets' defense, which has been used in cases of rendition and torture.

The ACLU is arguing that its lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. should go forward. The suit is based on the company's alleged participation in the CIA's rendition program, and the Bush administration had previously intervened by saying that the case undermined national security interests, according to the ACLU, which is appealing the dismissal of the suit in Feb. 2008.

"Candidate Obama ran on a platform that would reform the abuse of state secrets, but President Obama's Justice Department has disappointingly reneged on that important civil liberties issues," the ACLU said in a statement. "If this is a harbinger of things to come, it will be a long and arduous road to gives us back an America we can be proud of again." - ABC News Story

I happen to agree with the President on this one. It was so easy for him to sit there and tell the American People it wouldn't happen on his watch. Well guess what Mr. President, there are some things that have to be done and we have to do them in secret. Now the shoe is on the other foot, it sucks doesn't it. Now you have another group mad at you, that is what happens when you say anything to get elected.