WHAT'S OBAMA DOING

Given President Barack Obama's campaign promises, you'd think that, once in office, he'd have swiftly put an end to the warrantless spying on the American people. But, in fact, he has yet to halt this Bush-era policy of snooping into our private communications—our phones calls, e-mails and God knows what else—even though it's a clear violation of our civil liberties. What are we to make of this? It may well be that, despite Obama's best intentions, political realities have made it difficult t...