Obama’s Wisely Broken Promise
Cross Action News ^ | 5-11-09 | Stephen Brown
President Barack Obama, who was one of the Bush administration’s sharpest critics concerning the military tribunals used to prosecute detainees at the Guantanamo detention facility, may be backing away from his election promise to abolish them.
Last week, a story in the New York Times reported that the Obama administration is now likely to retain the military commission system, but in a modified form. According to the Times, the announcement regarding this stunning about-face could come as early as next week.
“The more they look at it,” one official told The Times, “the more commissions don’t look as bad as they did on Jan. 20.”
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