1/30/13

Bam v. Bush on detention, wire taps, killings

In his second inaugural address, President Obama declared that “a decade of war is now ending.” Troops have left Iraq, and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is supposed to begin next year. But Obama has expanded shadow drone wars beyond Afghanistan and has maintained some of President Bush’s controversial national security policies.  To look at how much has changed — and how much has stayed the same,  go here.