[barking]

Secret courts

extraordinary rendition

waterboarding

indefinite detention in a location beyond the reach of the judicial system

shoot to kill via drone

spying on the populace on a scale that the stasi could only dream of.

Spying on allies as well as enemies

What kind of a regime is that?

[akg_67]

USA -> USSR. US govt has decided to follow practices of USSR govt as it considers them to be much more superior than the former USA govt practices.

[e12e]

I believe waterboarding, unlike skateboarding, is now illegal again.

It might still be secretly legal, though.

[zooka2]

out of control