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Of course, none of that happened. Although President Obama could have reined in the surveillance state, as we all know, he did not.

On the NSA, Obama has made the opposite calculation.

Seems like it does to me.

In the part you quoted, it's clear that Obama didn't start the surveillance state. He just didn't "rein it in".

Whhat does that have to do with my post or the article?

You said "laying the blame on him is pretty fucking retarded", but no one is laying the blame on him.