Barack Obama actually said...

By committing to opening government data, an Obama administration would provide all of us the tools we need to make government work for us, and not for the special interests that flourish in the shadows of a nontransparent government.

Context

Obama Campaign Press Release - Tech Leaders Announce Support for Barack Obama

11/14/2007

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

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