War on terror
Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House evoked expectations of drastic changes in his predecessor’s approach toward the War On Terror. Civil liberties, in particular, was the area of anticipated reform. Candidate Obama had inveighed against abuses on matters of detention, rendition, and surveillance — among others. Respect for the Constitution and legal process were to be restored. That radical reorientation has not occurred. Instead, we debate the significance of, and reasons for what has been a strategy of pragmatic modification of inherited practices. The debate concentrates mainly on the deliberations among the administration’s lawyers and policy-makers as to the permissible and the acceptable.
Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House evoked expectations of drastic changes in his predecessor’s approach toward the War On Terror. Civil liberties, in particular, was the area of anticipated reform. Candidate Obama had inveighed against abuses on matters of detention, rendition, and surveillance — among others. Respect for the Constitution and legal process were to be restored. That radical reorientation has not occurred. Instead, we debate the significance of, and reasons for what has been a strategy of pragmatic modification of inherited practices. The debate concentrates mainly on the deliberations among the administration’s lawyers and policy-makers as to the permissible and the acceptable.
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