Stephen C. Webster
Raw Story
Thursday, May 14, 2009
President Barack Obama appears to be drifting to the right of former President George W. Bush on detainee policy.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R., S.C.), who met this week with White House Counsel Greg Craig to discuss the administration’s plans, said among the proposals being studied is seeking authority for indefinite detentions, with the imprimatur of some type of national-security court.Sen. Graham said he wants to work with the administration to pass legislation to increase judicial oversight of military commissions, but noted the legal difficulties that would arise.“This is a difficult question. How do you hold someone in prison without a trial indefinitely?” Sen. Graham said.
An interesting question indeed.
It leaves this reporter wondering why a Republican senator is asking it when a Democratic president was elected to ensure that question, and others like it, would never have be asked again.
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