- Feb 17, 2001
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President Barack Obama has quietly decided to bypass Congress and allow the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects without charges. The move, which was controversial when the idea was first floated in The Washington Post in May, has sparked serious concern among civil liberties advocates. Such a decision allows the president to unilaterally hold "combatants" without habeas corpus -- a legal term literally meaning "you shall have the body" -- which forces prosecutors to charge a suspect with a crime to justify the suspect's detention.
Great, and so it go's on. Republicans, Democrats... what difference does it make? They disregard the rights of the people, lie and generally leave the place a mess.
To hold someone without charge is wrong and downright un-American in my book.
Great, and so it go's on. Republicans, Democrats... what difference does it make? They disregard the rights of the people, lie and generally leave the place a mess.
To hold someone without charge is wrong and downright un-American in my book.