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Indefinite Detention Weighed [plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely....]
Wall Street Journal ^

Posted on 05/13/2009 4:50:10 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Indefinite Detention Weighed

By EVAN PEREZ

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The proposal being floated with members of Congress is another indication of President Barack Obama's struggles to establish his counter-terrorism policies, balancing security concerns against attempts to alter Bush-administration practices he has harshly criticized.

On Wednesday, the president reversed a recent administration decision to release photos showing purported abuse of prisoners at U.S. military facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Obama cited concern that releasing the pictures could endanger U.S. troops. Mr. Obama ordered government lawyers to pull back an earlier court filing promising to release hundreds of photos by month's end as part a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The decision to block the detainee photos contrasts with the administration's release last month of Bush-era Justice Department memorandums outlining the interrogation tactics used on prisoners by the Central Intelligence Agency. The release of the memos set off a heated political fight, with supporters of the Bush administration accusing the Obama White House of endangering the country and some of the current president's supporters calling for criminal probes of those responsible for the interrogation policies.

The administration's internal deliberations on how to deal with Guantanamo detainees are continuing, as the White House wrestles with how to fulfill the president's promise to shutter the controversial prison. But some elements of the plans are emerging as the administration consults with key members of Congress, as well as with military officials, about what to do with Guantanamo detainees.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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1 posted on 05/13/2009 4:50:11 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Q: Why would you bring people that want to kill Americans into America?


2 posted on 05/13/2009 4:54:16 PM PDT by Gabrial (Obama Lied - The Republic Died)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, oBama certainly punched a big tar baby, and now he’s struggling to rid himself of it.


3 posted on 05/13/2009 4:54:35 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: Gabrial

Wait till they get lawyer’d up..........what a soup sandwich this is going to be


4 posted on 05/13/2009 4:56:42 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
Image and video hosting by TinyPic "indefinitely and without trial"

5 posted on 05/13/2009 4:59:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Sub-Driver

ACORN can help with the relocation and house hunting.


6 posted on 05/13/2009 5:04:51 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Gabrial

My son in Michigan says the local hunters will welcome them, especially during hunting season, dressed in their prison garb.


7 posted on 05/13/2009 5:05:08 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And have them registered to vote....


8 posted on 05/13/2009 5:09:48 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: Sub-Driver
He's attemtping to establish a precedent.

L

9 posted on 05/13/2009 5:19:08 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Dapper 26

I guess Rep. Bart Stupak wrote some sort of letter or drivel asking 0bama about using Camp Manistique (a closed down state facility) or one of the UPs maximum security prisons. Our former governor Engler has also brought this up, saying it would raise revenue for the state.


10 posted on 05/13/2009 5:35:04 PM PDT by GlennBeck08
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To: Sub-Driver
So indefinite detention on foreign soil is unconstitutional, but it's ok on American soil?

And this guy is a constituional "scholar"?

11 posted on 05/13/2009 5:35:55 PM PDT by CaptRon (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: Sub-Driver

” Defense Secretary Robert Gates, at a hearing last month, hinted at the administration’s deliberations, saying that there were
“50 to 100 [detainees] probably in that ballpark who we cannot release and cannot trust, either in Article 3 [civilian] courts or military commissions.”

So Obama’s solution is to relocate them to America ????


12 posted on 05/13/2009 5:36:50 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: Sub-Driver

The Left and Zero hammered President Bush for denying habeas corpus to our Gitmo guests.

That of course, was then.


13 posted on 05/13/2009 5:44:43 PM PDT by Jacquerie (More Central Planning is not the solution to the failures of Central Planning.)
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To: GlennBeck08
saying it would raise revenue for the state.

When will government idiots ever learn that simply transferring money from one government entity to another is not raising revenue?

14 posted on 05/13/2009 6:10:19 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: w1andsodidwe

About the time they learn how to spend tax money wisely, carefully and frugally.


15 posted on 05/13/2009 6:18:48 PM PDT by GlennBeck08
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To: SunkenCiv
"indefinitely and without trial"

That was a terrible idea when Bush did it, but it's starting to look pretty attractive to obie now, I guess.

16 posted on 05/13/2009 7:05:16 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: GlennBeck08

Well...they sure as heck are not going to put them anywhere near DC.....these will be targeted areas if there are Muzzie detainees there....I wouldn’t want to live by a prison with them in it...


17 posted on 05/13/2009 10:11:56 PM PDT by goodnesswins (WE have a REPUBLIC.....IF we can KEEP IT!!!)
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To: goodnesswins

I’m not that close to any of the prisons but I am close enough where I’d probably notice our new Muzzie neighbors.


18 posted on 05/14/2009 6:36:47 AM PDT by GlennBeck08
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To: Right Wing Assault

I don’t think A) the US should take terrorist prisoners, and B) that any who are taken should be interned anywhere, other than their final resting place. But I’m funny that way.


19 posted on 05/14/2009 3:01:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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