Feingold, the chair of the Constitution subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he is seeing some change he can believe in.
Noting President Barack Obama's decision to issue executive orders to end abusive interrogation tactics, close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and end the Bush Administration program of CIA detentions, as well as executive orders to increase transparency and err on the side of governmental openness rather than secrecy, Feingold says, "President Obama's first days in office have been a triumph for the rule of law. His executive orders yesterday to reverse the secretive practices of the previous administration and the ones he signed today to end abusive interrogation tactics, bring detentions within the law, and close Guantanamo within a year are all critical steps toward undoing the damage done over the last eight years."
