History will turn a blind eye toward his abysmal record via civil liberties then, huh? Wonderful.
Obama approves extension of expiring Patriot Act provisions http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/27/congress.patriot.act/index.html?_s=PM:POLITICS
Signs NDAA 2011 (and 2012, and 2013). When signing the 2013 version, he doesn’t object to indefinite detention of Americans despite having done so previously, and despite laying out other objections to the bill. In both 2012 and 2013 he says he’ll veto the defense spending bills over provisions regarding Guantanamo Bay, but signs both nonetheless. http://rt.com/usa/obama-ndaa-detention-president-288/ Allows innocent man to die at Gitmo - [3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suzanne-nossel/the-death-of-guantanamo_b_1878375.html
Appeals the Federal Court decision that “indefinite detention” is unconstitutional http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/14/usa-security-lawsuit-idINL1E8KEEOP20120914?irpc=932
Kills a 16-year-old American-born US citizen living in Yemen weeks after the boy's father was killed. His administration's rationale? He "should have [had] a far more responsible father" http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/anwar-al-awlakis-family-speaks-out-against-his-sons-deaths/2011/10/17/gIQA8kFssL_story.html
Continues to approve drone strikes that kill thousands of innocent civilians including women and children in Pakistan, Yemen, and other countries that do not want the US intervening; meanwhile, according to the Brookings Institute's Daniel Byman, we are killing 10 civilians for every one mid- to high- level Al Qaeda/Taliban operative. This is particularly disturbing, since now any military-aged male in a strike zone is now officially considered an enemy combatant http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7361630/One-in-three-killed-by-US-drones-in-Pakistan-is-a-civilian-report-claims.html
Protects Bush’s war crimes as State Secrets http://www.salon.com/2010/09/08/obama_138/ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/obama-doj-worse-than-bush http://washingtonindependent.com/33985/in-torture-cases-obama-toes-bush-line http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01nsa.html
Obama engages in a war on whistleblowers http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/31/the-obama-administrations-war-on-whistleblowers/
Grants immunity to CIA torturers http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/31/obama-justice-department-immunity-bush-cia-torturer
Supports intrusive TSA pat-downs and body scans http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/20/obama.tsa/index.html
Obama officials demand full, reform-free renewal of Bush-designed FISA Amendments Act, which retroactively immunizes telecom giants for their involvement in Bush’s illegal spying programs and grants vast new powers in the US government to eavesdrop without a warrant. - http://www.salon.com/2012/05/24/warrantless_spying_fight/singleton/
Obama signs FISA renewal without amendment, making warrantless wiretapping legal for another five years http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/obama-fisa-warrantless-wiretapping_n_2385690.html
And this is just a small sample. "Pop" History is useless.