Obama and "State Secrets"

This sucks bad-- really bad. Though I'm not shocked, I'm still a bit surprised:

So Obama is adopting the same expansive interpretation of the privilege as the Bush/Cheney administration, and using it in order to cover up American involvement in torture and rendition programs that have been in the public record already for years and can hardly even be said to be secrets, let alone state secrets that are vital to U.S. national security. This is decidedly not change we can believe in.

Nonetheless, I still consider the right-wing to be the bigger enemy than the left wing, since the superficial surreal world of conventional politics still makes a difference for millions of people, and the right-wing is a malignant force in this country. 9/11 and the Bush wars and torture are of course awful, horrible crimes against humanity-- but Bush's horrific economic policies ultimately are going to affect far more Americans than the other horrible things he did.