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Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges

TPM calls it "the latest installment in the Obama administration's tendency to mimic the Bushies" in War on Terror.
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  • Saturday, June 27, 2009 07:13 AM

    Glenn, bystander

    I agree that if Obama did this alone, it would be a slightly better system. But I'm having a hard time imagining that a limited executive order would prevent Lieberman/Graham/McCain from pushing for legislation of the kind that Wittes proposes, which allows for indefinite detention. I think it's most likely that both will be pushed - an executive order for current detainees and really bad legislation "that makes it easier for future Presidents to keep this country safe" (Obama, May 21).

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