Obama proposes Indefinite Preventive Detention without trial
May 22, 2009 11:58 AM   Subscribe

Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss? In a stunning speech today - both for its poetry and prose, and for its content - Obama announced that his administration was looking to develop a legal framework to allow people to be incarcerated indefinitely not for what they have done, but what they might plan on doing. It certainly is a step away from the "hide-it-from-the-public's eyes" policies of the previous administration, but is it a step in the right direction?
posted by Imperfect (9 comments total)

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Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss?

Uh, no. Bad maybe, but definitely not worse.
posted by graventy at 12:00 PM on May 22, 2009


Only if by 'today' you mean 'yesterday' which is when we talked about it
posted by delmoi at 12:01 PM on May 22, 2009


Could this have been included in the post about this that's still on the front page?
posted by HuronBob at 12:01 PM on May 22, 2009


is it a step in the right direction?

Yes, if that direction is toward the total incarceration of the human race.
posted by mattbucher at 12:02 PM on May 22, 2009


or, like that delmoi guy said, .5 second before I did...
posted by HuronBob at 12:02 PM on May 22, 2009


Goddamnit, how did I not see that.

Failpost.
posted by Imperfect at 12:05 PM on May 22, 2009


In other news, flagged as double. Nothing to see here.
posted by Imperfect at 12:06 PM on May 22, 2009


Metafilter Proposes Indefinite Preventive Detention of Double Posters Without Trial
posted by ardgedee at 12:08 PM on May 22, 2009 [1 favorite]


Nothing to see here.

Flag and move on, citizen.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:12 PM on May 22, 2009


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