The title of the thread sounded as though it was going to cover a greater spectrum; because such actions travel further than the area of what you've honed in on here. Its widespread, out of control, and theres little that can be done to stop it reguardless of who's in office.
To comment on the specific area that being discussed here; its worth stopping by this thread that was in the general a few months ago, not to mention I dont feel like stating the same things over because my view is the same.
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...n&pagenumber=2