FUNNIEST news bit to come out of Washington since Code Pink attacked Condoleeza Rice.
I only wish we could reverse time and go back to the days before the election when Obamessiah was adamant on closing Guantanamo Bay and that chapter on American 'torture'.
Instead - indefinite detention. Sort of like rendition. This is really very ironic.
MAY 14, 2009
Indefinite Detention Weighed
By EVAN PEREZ
Wall Street Journal
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.
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