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Originally Posted by Traveler
I meant in relation to national security and the legislation help protect us, i.e. the Patriot Act etc, he has most of what he wanted.
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I doubt that he cares much now that the power is no longer going to be his to wield. I don't think he was interested in expanding executive power, but rather
his executive power. And, the security versus freedom tug of war will ebb and flow. People are not as petrified of terrorism anymore, and you need to keep people petrified if you want to convince them to submit to anti-liberty legislation. I'd imagine a lot of what he did being rolled back in the years to come. That will probably continue until things become too lax and it causes some attack, at which point the pendulum will swing again.