VIDEO: Obama outlines proposals to combat global atrocities, rights violations

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:45:00 -0500

President Barack Obama says preventing atrocities and violence globally is a core national security interest of the United States -- something that will be an emphasis of his foreign policy going forward. He outlined his previous commitment and new steps in a meeting at the Holocaust Museum.

Isights

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:54:39 -0500

The executive order creates sanctions against the government of Syria and Iran "and those who abet them, for using technologies to monitor, target and track its citizens".

And yet, we have CISPA.

If Obama really wants credit in this situation, why not make the same type of statement here? As in, "I will oppose any legislation that attempts to monitor or repress the rights or privacy of US citizens."

http://www.iSights.org/2012/04/obama-wants-sanctions-on-governments-who-repress-or-monitor-their-citizens.html

PRI: Public Radio International

VIDEO: Obama outlines proposals to combat global atrocities, rights violations

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