ObamaWatch: Obama Admin Considering Indefinite Jailing for Terror Suspects #obamawtf, originally uploaded by thepetecom.
My sister-in-law, Lisa (she runs OnLisaReinsRadar.com ), Tweeted yesterday
about how every day there's something new from the Obama camp that
makes her what to ask "WTF?"
I agreed and suggested a daily ObamaWTF Tweet. Here's mine for today,
taken from today's DemocracyNow.org headlines:
Obama Considers "Preventive Detention" for
Indefinite Jailings
The Obama administration, meanwhile, is reportedly considering a
"preventive detention" system that would indefinitely jail terror
suspects in the United States without bringing them to trial. The New
York Times reports President Obama discussed the proposal at a meeting
with human rights advocates at the White House. Two anonymous
advocates told the Times that Obama indicated he favored applying the
system to future cases, not prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Obama is
set to deliver a speech later today outlining his plans on how to deal
with closing Guantanamo.
Original here: www.democracynow.org/2009/5/21/headlines#5
This'll be no big deal assuming Obama doesn't do it--but why is he
considering this at all? I think there's an amendment in the Bill of
Rights promising due
process and a speedy trial or something like that.
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