Obama Is Flying Blind on Drones
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April 15 (Bloomberg) -- As a candidate in 2008, BarackObama was unsparing in his criticism of President George W.Bush’s anti-terrorism policies. He condemned torture and theinfamous detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the lack oftransparency and congressional oversight, the dubious legalframework and the blowback that was spawning more terrorists anddiminishing U.S. standing in the world.
Bush’s policies “compromised our most precious values,”Obama said then. “We cannot win a war unless we maintain thehigh ground and keep the people on our side.”