Posted on 05/15/2009 12:33:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama is planning on Friday to resume the Bush administration's controversial military commission system for some Guantanamo detainees -- which he suspended in his first week in office -- according to three administration officials.
Some of the high-profile terror suspects who are being charged in the military commission process include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
The administration officials stressed that the updated system will include expanded due-process rights for the suspects, which administration officials note is consistent with what Obama pushed for as a senator in 2006 in order to improve upon the widely criticized approach created by the Bush administration.
The move could increase tensions with liberal groups, led by the ACLU, which are already furious about Obama's shift this week to block the release of photos showing prisoners allegedly being abused by U.S. personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Anthony Romero, executive director of the ACLU, called the expected new approach on military commissions "fatally flawed" despite the changes.
"The military commissions are built on unconstitutional premises and designed to ensure convictions, not provide fair trials," Romero said in a prepared statement released earlier this week after speculation about the restart of military commissions surfaced. "Reducing some but not all of the flaws of the tribunals so that they are 'less offensive' is not acceptable; there is no such thing as 'due process light.' "
Two of the administration officials said the president will also leave open the option of starting civilian trials on U.S. soil for some of the detainees. But that, too, is a fiercely debated issue on Capitol Hill because of concerns by lawmakers in both parties about where the terror suspects will be kept during such trials.
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I’m sure DU is ecstatic.
Hope and Change people. Hope and Change.
Obama's gonna re-write the military justice code now?
The fact is that this nattering nabob.
(Thats a Muslim that talks too much)
Doesn’t have a clue as to what he is doing.
I’d like to see a morph graphic...all of the Obama moments...when you suddenly realize he’s pulling a GW...maybe below the figure....”George W Obama”? The question here...if he continues stay the Bush-course...can they be justified in giving Obama the Nobel Prize for something? Or are they giving it to a guy who repeats all of the Bush acts?
The ACLU takes one in the breadbasket from one of it’s own. Remember, it’s all about Obama!
The kid’s starting to grow up.
Paging Daily KOS....Paging Daily KOS :)
The liberal dogs will bark and howl tonight!!!
The liberal “aparachiks” will quibble in an attempt to calm the mob.
Perhaps the man is “trainable” after all.
The polling must have been pretty bad on this one.
Pray for America
This wannabe / poser precedent is flip floppin so fast on policy it reminds me of the old card in the bicycle spokes trick..........
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Regarding this:
The move could increase tensions with liberal groups, led by the ACLU, which are already furious about Obama's shift this week to block the release of photos showing prisoners allegedly being abused by U.S. personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I was just on this thread...where they were discussing his "techniques":
Photos or No Photos, It's Hard to Picture Obama Winning Over U.S. Enemies
Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries.
“We can’t keep on just borrowing from China,” ....
“We have to pay interest on that debt, and that means we are mortgaging our children’s future with more and more debt.”
Holders of U.S. debt will eventually “get tired” of buying it, causing interest rates on everything from auto loans to home mortgages to increase, Obama said. “It will have a dampening effect on our economy.”
Will ANY ONE EVER call this liar on his despicable audacity???
OBAMA CHANNELING ARLEN SPECTER PING!!!
Bwahahahaha!!! I guess those who said O would govern ‘from a centrist view’ were right??
I just bet later this afternoon we’ll hear about a WH memo saying that the President will NOT be attending the ND graduation ceremonies this weekend in deference to those who might be offended with his pro-choice views...no wait!! It’s going to say he’ll be joining the pro-life protesters outside the field, right?! ;-)
Y'all might want to remember who this fascist and his minions think are dangerous. Vets, pro-lifers, etc.
Nothing Obama does is for the right reason. He may end up making a good decision, but it is never an honorable one.
Will the DNC be all over Obama now?
Will code pink bushwhack him and be calling him a war criminal?
Maybe someone will finally tell the Kenyan that he is out of his league.......
the media at the white house were not too happy either.
of course they always give an hard time as they are not biased
ARF
The media’s messiah is not dong what they wanted and it seemed they the media are still fighting Bush judging from the amounts of one reporter kept mentioning Bush’s name
the media were not happy
LOL
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