How Obama Officials Cried ‘Terrorism’ to Cover Up a Paperwork Error

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33 pointsparfe4 comments

That president Obama's name is in the title of this article seems incredibly irresponsible and misleading. Obama is not the FBI and the fiasco didn't even begin during his presidency.

It is true though a bit (not incredibly) misleading. Adding "Bush and" would be better. We theoretically elect President's to lead our government.

The massive abuse of hiding government policy and actions behind claims of "terrorism" and "national security" by both administrations shows they both actively created and directly encouraged the environment that leads to exactly this type of behavior.

I find it annoying that making incendiary accusations about political leaders has become commonplace and acceptable. It encourages people to think of things in terms of good vs bad people instead of good vs bad policies.

The main purpose of representatives is that we trust them, the person, to have the character and sense to create and support good policy. It's reasonable for the government to have secrets, but if the people running it aren't virtuous enough to admit their own mistakes and choose to cover up, then they aren't good people.

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