Administration dodges big question in War on Terror
(NEWSER) - The Obama administration’s legal team can’t decide who it can and can’t detain indefinitely without trial, with interviews and legal briefs revealing deep internal disagreement. President Obama doesn’t subscribe to George W. Bush’s view of presidential detention powers as essentially unlimited, so his Justice Department originally proposed detaining only members of al-Qaeda or “substantial” supporters. But the case of Belkacem Besayah, a man accused of ferrying terrorists to Afghanistan, stretched that definition, setting off a heated debate. More»
