Inder Comar: The continued silence amongst members of the cultural,
social and governmental elite with respect to Bush-era crimes permits a
similar silence to surround illegal activities by the Obama
Administration.
For example, the public seems to willingly accept
the notion that the use of drone strikes (which in some instances may
constitute illegal acts of aggression and crimes against humanity), the
continued use of indefinite detentions at Guantanamo Bay and the
normalization of domestic surveillance powers under national security
auspices are the “new normal” — no matter whether laws are broken.
