Posted on 03/13/2009 1:23:08 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is abandoning one of President George W. Bush's key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant In court filings Friday, the Justice Department said it will no longer use the term to justify holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Obama still asserts the military's authority to hold detainees at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. But his Justice Department says that authority comes from Congress and the international laws of war, not from the president's own wartime power as Bush had argued. The Obama administration's position came in response to a deadline by U.S. District Judge John Bates, who is overseeing lawsuits of detainees challenging their detention. Bates asked the administration to give its definition of whom the United States may hold as an "enemy combatant." The filing back's Bush's stance on the authority to hold detainees, even if they were not captured on the battlefield in the course of hostilities. In their lawsuits, detainees have argued that only those who directly participated in hostilities should be held.
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If terrorist aren’t a threat, Obama should take away Nancy’s ride.
They will henceforth be referred to as “Friends Of Obama”.
That is all.
IMHO, one of Bush’s biggest mistakes was not asking for an official declaration of war.
Obama will just call them “Islamic brothers”.
Muslim Brother!
Semantic nonsense.
“We’re doing the same thing but we are calling it by a different name and authorizing it under a different power. And thus we are bravely discontinuing the Bush policies!”
Morons, all of them.
Sorry I did not see your post!
Comrades!
Fellow Democrats.
Since “enemy combatant” is so “George W Bush”,
we’ve decided to use “opponent fighter”
and treat them exactly the same as they have been.
“Obama admin. to end use of term ‘enemy combatant’ “
also will end use of the term “freedom”
Utes? Did you say Utes?
And our troops should take no more prisoners....after they extract as much intelligence information as possible from them. That way, we won’t have to worry about what name to call them.
one of Bush’s biggest mistakes was not asking for an official declaration of war.....
I agree, Bush always surprised me with several of the decisions he made and didn’t make. His trying to reach across the isle always blew up in his face!
So we’re back to “terrorist” then?
Honored guests?
Gun nuts with assault rifles.
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