Three myths about the detention bill
By Glenn Greenwald
Condemnation of President Obama is intense, and growing, as a result of his announced intent to sign into law the indefinite detention bill embedded in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These denunciations come not only from the nation’s leading civil liberties and human rights groups, but also from the pro-Obama New York Times Editorial Page, which today has a scathing Editorial
describing Obama’s stance as “a complete political cave-in, one that
reinforces the impression of a fumbling presidency” and lamenting that
“the bill has so many other objectionable aspects that we can’t go into
them all,” as well as from vocal Obama supporters such as Andrew
Sullivan, who wrote yesterday that this
episode is “another sign that his campaign pledge to be vigilant about
civil liberties in the war on terror was a lie.” In damage control mode,
White-House-allied groups are now trying to ride to the rescue with attacks on the ACLU and dismissive belittling of the bill’s dangers.
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