Ending Torture and Not Much Else

by Conor Friedersdorf

This interview has a concise summation of what I regard as the most accurate line on President Obama and civil liberties:

A lot of people on the left were hoping that Barack Obama would wipe away everything George W. Bush had done to restrict civil liberties. Obviously, that hasn't happened. But what would you say is the best thing the Obama administration has done in this area, and the most glaring omission in its policies?

I'd say the single best thing the president has...