President Barack Obama in his inaugural address Tuesday rejected what he called a “false choice” between “our safety and our ideals,” signaling a change of course on the interplay between national security and individual rights.
Obama’s 21-minute speech only nicked the subject of law, but his words foreshadowed an end to some of the most controversial policies of the Bush administration, particularly those related to the treatment of terrorism suspects.
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