by Damozel | So much for that promise.
The Obama administration's task force on Guantanamo detentions has requested, and been granted, a six-month extension to "flesh out" its plans for closing Gitmo. (CNN) The interrogation task force got a two-month extension. Civil libertarian and attorney Jonathan Turley sums up pretty well the thoughts of this progressive.
The delay occurs at a time when the Administration has been adopting, and in some cases expanding, Bush terror policies. This includes the statement of Administration officials that, even if a detainee is acquitted in court, President Obama retained the right to hold the detainee indefinitely under his own authority....
[W]hen combined with the failure to order an investigation into the torture program (without outcome determinative limitations), the delay is seen as additional evidence of the reluctance of the Obama Administration to follow its clear legal obligations in this area.
Wish I could say I was surprised. But then I never took Obama for a progressive or even really a liberal. The best I could say of him was that he was more liberal than the opposition. It's a shame that he's living up to my worst fears because I want to support him.
Newsweek has the story on why the administration has missed this key deadline. Here are a couple of snippets that interested me.
But with all due respect, they should have anticipated these issues. If I could -- even without access to special or privileged information -- they could.
Oh and er, what's wrong with this picture?
Back to you, Jonathan Turley, with emphasis added!
And the ACLU's Executive Director, Anthony D. Romero, says:
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