oh brave new … obama?

At least once a week we have news from the US that are not very encouraging. Just recent disappointments have been the assassination of an unarmed terrorist who had valuable information in a a foreign country that was not asked for permission to carry out this operation, another one Guantanamo Bay.

Obama did promise to shut it down, about 3 years ago. Nothing has happened.

Now the next big disappointment is about to happen: the Patriot Act is going to be extended. The New York Times sums it up nicely:

“Congress overwhelmingly passed the original Patriot Act in October 2001. Over time, for those who believed that government power had expanded too far, the act became a symbol of eroding civil liberties and privacy rights.”

UPDATE:
I’m not sure how adequate this is, but it seems to be a summary of Obamas promises and statements, checked for truth (PolitiFact: Obameter).