flynn23 wrote:
The White House is not going to give up the expansion of power it received during the Bush Administration so easily, regardless of its morality.

In some respects both the issue of detainees and of wiretapping were resolved before Obama got into office. Closing gitmo was symbolic. I'm still trying to figure out how long it is appropriate to wait before raising issues such as laptop searches again... The jury is still out.

RE: The torture row is not going to go away.