Posted on 05/21/2009 3:57:39 PM PDT by B-Chan
Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
They’re coming for us all.
And this is from the guy who was worried about the rights of people in Gitmo?
Now, I'm going to prepare my things before there's a knock at my door.
Prolly a lot of us. Specially after posting here on FR. I wonder what Americans of Japanese descent of the early '40's could tell us about "preventive detention."
I hope they send us some place warm. Club Gitmo would be perfect... except in hurricane season.
So THATS what he is going to do about the tea party people, returning vets and folks clinging to their guns and religion in America.
The little boy king needs to be impeached.
Link 404’ed.
The only way for that to happen is to get a conservative majority in both houses of congress......don't hold your breath.
Nah. Barbed wire fence guarded by ACORN lackeys would be better.
Not neccessarily. The democrats care more about their own power and office. If Obama has one scandal that ruins his standing..they will turn on him like the cowards that they are.
Mark my word. That ‘scandal’ is coming soon....have no doubt.
I agree. The democrats can’t be too happy about a junior senator sitting in the white house making a huge mess of things. The 90 to 6 vote against him in the senate speaks pretty loudly.
What the hell are they talking about? Aren't American citizens guaranteed a trial?
The terrorist at Gitmo are there because they are neither citizens or conventional soldier.
What's the criteria for finding someone can't be tried?
There's no way this can stand up in any court.
Compared to 'Bam, Biden is discretion personified.
Tried to go to the earlier thread, but the link doesn't work.
so we did that with the tainers at GITMO and that was bad but we can do that to people on US soil! WTF???
Exactly, and one of the ways they maintain that is unity. Name one time the Dems have ever turned on one of their own.
Zero the Nero sure likes those words allot.... Mulling Over
If he tries to put something like this through and in any way left the door open for U.S. citizens to be detained under this and the shooting war will begin.
What they forget is the Constitution not only protects people from government, it also protects the Government from the people in that as long as we have the rights given by our creator, we will not revolt. If the government takes those “creator” rights away, man is free - no required - to fight as if in mortal danger.
As I’m happy being a lover of my three children and beautiful wife and not a fighter, i pray that they do not go down this road.
Will Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh be the first detainees?
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