Matt Taibbi: Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties

by | May 16, 2020

Matt Taibbi: Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties

by | May 16, 2020

I know. It’s hard to believe the guys who hired the Delta Force to burn the Branch Davidians to death, banned AR-15s, voted for the PATRIOT Act, colluded with Bush on spying and torture and war, let Obama get away with deliberately murdering American citizens and launching wars without any sort of authorization at all would finally give up the pretense that they care about civil liberties just because of partisanship against Trump, but here we are.

(And hard disagree about Obama using FISA against Israeli agents in the U.S.. If it has a legitimate use, that’s it.)

Scott Horton

Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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