Last week, it looked like a controversial provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would be struck down — namely, the ability to indefinitely detain American citizens. In January, a group of seven renowned journalists, activists and thinkers including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky sued the president over the provision and gained an ostensible victory last week. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest made a permanent injunction of the provision. “In short,” as Hedges noted in his recent Truth Dig column, “she declared the law unconstitutional.” However, the issue of indefinite detention of U.S. citizens is far from closed. The Obama administration instantly challenged Judge Forrest’s decision.The creepy world of the Obama Regime.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Obama fights for indefinite detention
Salon reports: