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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Thursday, December 12th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, December 12th.

I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

Back in 2007, when Barack Obama was first running for president,

he came down hard on Bush for spying on American citizens.

This administration acts like violating civil liberties

is the way to enhance our security.

It is not.

There are no shortcuts to protecting America. That means no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens. No more national

security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. As president, though, Obama

defends those policies. This is from a speech last June. What I can say is that in evaluating these programs, they make a difference in our capacity

to anticipate and prevent possible terrorist activity. In the abstract, you can complain

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