Defence funding bill allows American citizens to be arrested as terrorists on home soil and held indefinitely without trial
Chris McGreal in Washington
guardian.co.uk,?Thursday 15 December 2011 04.34 GMT
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Americans can be arrested on home soil and taken to Guant?namo Bay under a provision inserted into the bill that funds the US military. Photograph: John Moore/Getty
Barack Obama has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial American terrorism suspects arrested on US soil who could then be shipped to?Guant?namo Bay.
Human rights groups accused the president of deserting his principles and disregarding the long-established principle that the military is not used in domestic policing. The legislation has also been strongly criticised by libertarians on the right angered at the stripping of individual rights for the duration of “a war that appears to have no end”. Continue reading “Americans face Guant?namo detention after Obama climbdown”
Human rights groups accused the president of deserting his principles and disregarding the long-established principle that the military is not used in domestic policing. The legislation has also been strongly criticised by libertarians on the right angered at the stripping of individual rights for the duration of “a war that appears to have no end”. Continue reading “Americans face Guant?namo detention after Obama climbdown”