Obama Drafting Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention

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White House Is Drafting Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects

By Dafna Linzer and Peter Finn
ProPublica and Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 26, 2009 6:52 PM

The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, is drafting an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.

Such an order would embrace claims by former president George W. Bush that certain people can be detained without trial for long periods under the laws of war. Obama advisers are concerned that bypassing Congress could place the president on weaker footing before the courts and anger key supporters, the officials said.

After months of internal debate over how to close the facility in Cuba, White House officials are increasingly worried that reaching quick agreement with Congress on a new detention system may be impossible. Several officials said there is concern in the White House that the administration may not be able to close the facility by the president's January deadline.

White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said there is no executive order and that the administration has not decided whether to issue one. But one administration official suggested that the White House was already trying to build support.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603361.html?hpid=topnews


LOL

Looks like another Obama campaign promise flushed down the toilet. When will the Code Pink, Move-On, and the other liberal idiot groups storm D.C. in protest against Obama.
 
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