Obama 'Even Worse' Than Bush On Secret Wiretapping Case, Says S.F. Lawyer

"San Francisco attorney Jon Eisenberg thinks he's learned a thing or two about Barack Obama over the past 15 months. Eisenberg, who won a landmark decision against the government in Northern California's U.S. District Court Wednesday on a wiretapping case, says that when it comes to violating civil liberties in the name of national security, the present occupant of the White House is just as bad as -- or 'even worse' than -- his predecessor.

"'The Obama Administration stepped right into the shoes of the Bush Administration, on national security generally and on this case in particular,' Eisenberg said, referring to the lawsuit brought by his clients, an Oregon branch of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers. The plaintiffs argued successfully before federal Judge Vaughn Walker that their conversations were illegally wiretapped under the Bush Administration's secret surveillance program."