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In reply to the discussion: Obama wins right to indefinitely detain Americans under NDAA [View all]
bread_and_roses
(6,335 posts)30. and this at same time AFGHANISTAN rejects indefinate detention
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghans-reject-us-favored-administrative-detention-17255073#.UFkcqFG1vyY
By HEIDI VOGT Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan September 17, 2012 (AP)
An Afghan judicial panel ruled Monday that administrative detention violates Afghan law, potentially thwarting a U.S. plan to hand over Afghan detainees that American officials believe should continue to be held without a trial.
President Hamid Karzai's office announced in a statement that a top-level judicial panel met earlier in the day and decided that the detention of Afghan citizens without a court trial "has not been foreseen in Afghan laws" and therefore could not be used.
KABUL, Afghanistan September 17, 2012 (AP)
An Afghan judicial panel ruled Monday that administrative detention violates Afghan law, potentially thwarting a U.S. plan to hand over Afghan detainees that American officials believe should continue to be held without a trial.
President Hamid Karzai's office announced in a statement that a top-level judicial panel met earlier in the day and decided that the detention of Afghan citizens without a court trial "has not been foreseen in Afghan laws" and therefore could not be used.
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It also means that we have dispensed with Habeas Corpus. Which means all Americans are
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#28
Both candidates will expand the police state; both candidates will steal Social Security.
woo me with science
Oct 2012
#64
And the spirits of the Saints of Liberty and all who died for our Freedom cry out "Hooray! Hooray!"
Poll_Blind
Sep 2012
#6
nah..those days are over..its partisan politics above civil rights, the constitution, endless war
xiamiam
Sep 2012
#55
He might regret this if someday some Republican president decides to declare some
kestrel91316
Sep 2012
#14
The administration's view is that the law doesn't say what Hedges et al claim it says
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#35
It's not indefinite at all. There's a stay on the injunction. Ridiculous headline. n/t
tammywammy
Sep 2012
#41