terms of transparency and accountability for the last eighteen months since obama took office michael macleod ball counsel for the a.c.l.u. says the president has been inconsistent into livery on his election promises president obama came into office with the promise of great hope and in fact in his early days he took some very important steps to try to turn back the tide of the aggregation of the executive branch authority in the bush administration the executive order banning torture i think was was an important step in in the right direction but at the same time subsequently the administration took no steps to try to hold those in the bush administration accountable for the actions that generated the torture in the first place and so what we see throughout this administration are a series of positive steps but then not quite achieving the result that was promised during the election. remember you can always find more on the stories we cover twenty four hours a day on our website r.t. dot com here's a quick look at what's online right now the perfect heist a little under a million dollars o