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| − | '''Michael Boyle''' | + | '''Michael Boyle''' was a "counterterrorism" advisor to the [[Barak Obama|Obama campaign]] in 2007-2008.<ref name=fpri>https://www.fpri.org/contributor/michael-boyle/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michaelboyle</ref> |
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | Boyle is an assistant professor of political science at [[La Salle University]], | + | He has held fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at [[Stanford]] and the [[Belfer Center|Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs]] at [[Harvard]]. He was also a Fulbright fellow at the [[Australian National University]] in [[Canberra]]. He has been a consultant for the U.S. and UK governments.<ref name=fpri/> |
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| + | Boyle is an assistant professor of political science at [[La Salle University]], Philadelphiaand a Senior Fellow with the[[ Foreign Policy Research Institute]].<ref>http://www.intelligencesquared.com/speakers/michael-boyle/</ref><ref name=fpri/> | ||
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| + | ==Opinions== | ||
| + | {{QB|[[President Obama]] "has gone over to the dark side by introducing a number of dangerous policy innovations and bureaucratic precedents that will shape the foundation of America's future counterterrorism policies. He has presided over a vast increase in domestic and foreign [[surveillance]] through the [[NSA]], launched a witch-hunt against government [[whistleblowers]] and created a secret [[drones]] program to kill [[terrorist]] suspects worldwide without public acknowledgement or [[due process]]. Under his watch, the US has expanded the field of battle in the '[[war on terrorism]]' to a dozen countries and constructed institutions and routines of surveillance and [[assassination]] – such as the so-called 'disposition matrix' and 'Terror Tuesdays' that will have serious consequences beyond his presidency."<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/05/obama-legacy-shadow-wars</ref>}} | ||
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| Alma mater | Cambridge University, Harvard University, La Salle University |
| Interests | Barak Obama |
Obama campaign advisor who later said the president had "gone over to the dark side". | |
Michael Boyle was a "counterterrorism" advisor to the Obama campaign in 2007-2008.[1][2]
Career
He has held fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He was also a Fulbright fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. He has been a consultant for the U.S. and UK governments.[1]
Boyle is an assistant professor of political science at La Salle University, Philadelphiaand a Senior Fellow with theForeign Policy Research Institute.[3][1]
Opinions
President Obama "has gone over to the dark side by introducing a number of dangerous policy innovations and bureaucratic precedents that will shape the foundation of America's future counterterrorism policies. He has presided over a vast increase in domestic and foreign surveillance through the NSA, launched a witch-hunt against government whistleblowers and created a secret drones program to kill terrorist suspects worldwide without public acknowledgement or due process. Under his watch, the US has expanded the field of battle in the 'war on terrorism' to a dozen countries and constructed institutions and routines of surveillance and assassination – such as the so-called 'disposition matrix' and 'Terror Tuesdays' that will have serious consequences beyond his presidency."[4]
