In an op-ed for the Financial Times on Wednesday, Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and American University professor Peter Kuznick argue that the National Security Agency’s surveillance program that began during George W. Bush’s administration and was expanded by President Barack Obama is helping to lay “the foundation for a frighteningly dystopian future.”

“If subtle coercion fails and force is required, Mr Obama and his successors will have the wherewithal to target anyone, anywhere, with the utmost precision and the deadliest means,” write the pair, who co-authored the documentary series and book “The Untold History of the United States.” “The US is establishing absolute mastery over land, sea, air, space and cyber space — full-spectrum dominance.”

And although Stone and Kuznick believe that Obama has done some positive things during his presidency—he’s more or less halted torture programs, gotten troops out of Iraq and set a timetable to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan— they also write that “in crucial respects,” Obama is “actually worse than his predecessor.”