People being taken away for crimes they didn't commit is nothing new in the US. Cold war it was quite common. Plus in the last decade there has been two presidents not one. So lets not lump it all up on Obama. Last I checked.bush is the one who made the patriot act in the.first place and pushed it through congress and senate. Both parties are to blame. The govt is not some super evil entity out to get you. If they were so evil they wouldn't waste so much money on trying to constantly help everyonr out. Now is our govt perfect? God no, not by a long shot. I think that congress and senate could use a clean slate though that is for sure.