Obama (and Bloomberg) Have Put Themselves in Bad Company

In the Bush/Cheney (or Cheney/Bush?) disastrous eight years, they used the phony claim of "saving lives" to justify torture.  It is embarrassing to see Barack Obama--and now Mayor Bloomberg--use the same false either/or argument:  Obama to justify the NSA's over-the-top surveillance, and Bloomberg to justify racist stop-and-frisk tactics.  If that's their argument, it tells me that they don't have a real argument, so they are resorting to an emotionally loaded euphemism like "saving lives" instead.

I expect as much from Bush/Cheney.  It's embarrassing and sad to have Obama using the same tactic.  Mr. President, you have put yourself in very bad company indeed.