Summary: Barack Obama: Civil Liberties Nightmare Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Noon–1 p.m. (EDT) Featuring a presentation and live discussion with Gene Healy, Cato vice president and author of The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power. Please post questions for Gene Healy through the chat window below during the live event. Barack Obama: Civil Liberties Nightmare (http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=0cb8008132) The live video for this event will start on Wednesday, March 28 at Noon EDT. If you have any trouble, please contact Samantha Joest at 202-218-4617. makePlayer('seb-03-28-12.m4v', 'archive-2012', 3623, 445, 260); In the Hope-saturated days of Obama's ascendancy, the New Republic wrote that, if elected, the former law professor could be "our first civil libertarian president." How's that working out? Not well. Join Cato vice president Gene Healy for a discussion of President Barack Obama's expansion of executive power in areas such as war, assassination, surveillance and elsewhere. This special online-only series is an opportunity to hear from Cato's policy staff. The briefing will be broadcast live at www.cato.org/sponsor-e-briefing. Please note that it is not necessary to download any software to watch the briefing online; no reservation is necessary.Our thanks for your continued support of the Cato Institute. We hope you'll join in on the discussion.
