Posted on 05/13/2009 10:56:03 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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.
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thankfully disgusted
nothing like on the job training.
Let’s see.
Bring them on U.S. soil, they get lawyers and rights.
Leave them at Gitmo. They have rights.
This was already thought out.
Nice job Zero.
The libs will be having a hissy fit now. Yuck Yuck.
Well, well, well....
Now he understands its an actual, REAL, JOB. Too bad it's the first one he's ever had.
Sometimes CHANGE just means location
I personally have concerns about indefinite detention without some kind of due process, as IMO it is a slippery slope to eventually using it as a black hole for domestic political opponents - declare them to be terrorists and enemy combatants and make them disappear. So this is far more troubling than anything that happens in Club Gitmo, where the detainees are getting fat on fine halal cuisine.
But expect the left to largely keep focusing on Bush and not the larger issue.
That makes two of us. George Bush did more to acquire and establish the architecture of tyranny than most Republicans are willing to admit, especially with the creation of DHS. There were far better options for dealing with domestic Islam.
Exactly.
The ACLU has just officially crapped it’s pants.
If we ever wanted to know how Homer Simpson would govern as POTUS...
“Poor Barry. He thought being POTUS consisted of nothing more than Wednesday Night Conga Line Parties, Friday Night dates with Michelle, riding around on Marine One and taking joy rides on Air Force One.”
...and giving teleprompter-generated speeches to adoring crowds.
“If we ever wanted to know how Homer Simpson would govern as POTUS...”
You can stop right there — you know Homer is grossly over-qualified, compared to the gang of idiots there now. ;-)
True. But that was so obvious I omitted it
BUT, since Barry does and even admits he needs his teleprompter - I think it should be included in his Official Presidential Portrait. Him and 'It' standing side by side. :-)
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