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Cato Audio • March 1, 2009 

# Gene Healy and David Rittgers on civil liberties under Obama 

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##### [Gene Healy](/people/gene-healy)

Former Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute

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##### [David Rittgers](/people/david-rittgers)

Former Legal Policy Analyst