Saturday, December 03, 2011

O May Say "No" To Detention

Obama can do himself some good with me and others by vetoing this load ofunconstitutional crap.

Senate Votes To Let Military Detain Americans Indefinitely, White House Threatens Veto

The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a controversial provision to let the military detain terrorism suspects on U.S. soil and hold them indefinitely without trial -- prompting White House officials to reissue a veto threat.

The measure, part of the massive National Defense Authorization Act, was also opposed by civil libertarians on the left and right. But 16 Democrats and an independent joined with Republicans to defeat an amendment by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) that would have killed the provision, voting it down with 61 against, and 37 for it...

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