Obama has been more aggressive than Bush on on immigration, at least till this past election. More aggressive in Middle East. Now this. Bush was more liberal than Obama, although Bush had Republican label.


The part about phone snooping being overlooked is in them saying not to worry, it's only numbers being collected. That should still be private. If, for example, someone gets a visit from a security agency in 2014, asking them to explain why they were talking to someone in 2012, how many people will remember correctly? Can a wrong answer get you imprisoned? They are using excuse of fighting terrorists to track everyone, and that's wrong.