{"id":4282,"date":"2009-07-25T17:43:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T21:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:27:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:27:50","slug":"the-obama-administration-and-indefinite-detentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/political-ironing\/07\/25\/the-obama-administration-and-indefinite-detentions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Obama Administration And Indefinite Detentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looks like I was onto something when I said the Obama\u2019s administration is using the same legal justification as George Bush\u2019s to detain \u2019suspected war criminals\u2019<\/a>. Remember when we elected Barack Obama on promises to end torture and close Guantanamo Bay, but then when Obama was elected, he decided it would be a lot easier to just keep pursuing Bush’s policies? Because I do:<\/p>\n

The Obama administration said in court papers Friday that it intends to continue to detain an Afghan prisoner being held at Guantanamo Bay despite the fact that the only known evidence against him in a habaeas corpus lawsuit he filed against the government was obtained through torture.<\/p>\n

Justice Department attorneys told a federal court judge last week it wasn\u2019t going to rely upon that evidence to justify his indefinite imprisonment…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire article from The Public Record<\/a> on the Obama administrations efforts to legally justify the indefinite detention of ‘terror suspects’, even if they have no evidence.<\/p>\n

See Also:<\/strong> Terrorism trials should be held in US federal courts<\/a>, Judge Admonishes DOJ Over Handling of Gitmo Detainee\u2019s Habeas Challenge<\/a>, Their Own Private Guant\u00e1namo<\/a>, President Obama, Delayer In Chief<\/a>, Obama task force backs indefinite detention without trial<\/a>, and Prisons in Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[tags]indefinite detention, legal suspects, innocent, guantanamo bay, justice department, obama administration, barack obama, bush administration, torture, george bush, torture policy, detention policy, guantanamo bay policy, indefinite imprisonment, war criminals[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looks like I was onto something when I said the Obama\u2019s administration is using the same legal justification as George Bush\u2019s to detain \u2019suspected war criminals\u2019. 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