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January 1st, 2012

Whatever you say, Mr. Hopey Changey.

What about the next resident of the White House and the next?

Via: AFP:

The measure, which passed by wide majorities in Congress, says the US military has the power to detain terror suspects without trial for as long as the US global anti-terror campaign is waged.

Obama was particularly troubled by a section of the bill which appears to leave open the option that a US citizen who is considered a terror suspect could be detained indefinitely in military custody.

“I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens,” Obama said.

“Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a nation.”

The new law revives debate over the complicated legal thicket surrounding the treatment of terror suspects and over rules hurriedly drawn up by the previous Bush administration after the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Obama has sought to preserve the option of trying some terror suspects in federal courts, or for those accused of plotting new attacks against the United States to be processed through the civilian legal system.

“I reject any approach that would mandate military custody where law enforcement provides the best method of incapacitating a terrorist threat,” Obama said in the signing statement.

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