Another Broken Obama Promise

Politico ^ | 06/27/2009 | Josh Gerstein

[fiscon1]

Faced with a gloomy outlook for new congressional authority to detain terror suspects, the Obama administration appears to be considering issuing an executive order to govern the indefinite imprisonment of alleged Al Qaeda operatives, analysts said.

The focus on a unilateral action by President Barack Obama reflects a political dynamic on Capitol Hill that may render legislation on long-term detention unattainable.

[karatemom]

Now let’s be fair;he did keep one promise. He told Joe the Plumber we needed to spread the wealth.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Obama could act unilaterally to set up a new military review system abroad at U.S. bases in Afghanistan or other countries. But it's unclear how different that would be from a Bush-era invention, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, which were widely criticized for lacking due process.

Simple. That was Bush. This is Obama.