This is very interesting, though it's been largely ignored so far. The mainstream media is actually reporting on the shadow government! While it's somewhat sugar-coated, and doesn't bother to ask some very obvious questions, it's still an excellent step in the right direction. The following was published in the Boston Globe, and their source is federal government insider Michael J. Glennon who has recently written a book on the subject:
The people we elect aren’t the ones calling the shots, says Tufts University’s Michael Glennon
The voters who put Barack Obama in office expected some big changes. From the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping to Guantanamo Bay to the Patriot Act, candidate Obama was a defender of civil liberties and privacy, promising a dramatically different approach from his predecessor.
But six years into his administration, the Obama version of national security looks almost indistinguishable from the one he inherited. Guantanamo Bay remains open. The NSA has, if anything, become more aggressive in monitoring Americans. Drone strikes have escalated. Most recently it was reported that the same president who won a Nobel Prize in part for promoting nuclear disarmament is spending up to $1 trillion modernizing and revitalizing America’s nuclear weapons.
Why did the face in the Oval Office change but the policies remain the same? Critics tend to focus on Obama himself, a leader who perhaps has shifted with politics to take a harder line. But Tufts University political scientist Michael J. Glennon has a more pessimistic answer: Obama couldn’t have changed policies much even if he tried.
