Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:06:00 PM
Remember when the Left scoffed at the argument from George W. Bush
that claimed the authorization to use military force allowed the
executive branch to hold captured terrorists indefinitely, without
criminal trial? Bush’s opponents screamed about human rights and due
process, and claimed that Bush had abused his power. Those critics
included Barack Obama, who regularly castigated the Bush administration
for its failure to provide his idea of due process to detainees at
Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, as well as blasting Bush for his argument
that he didn’t require Congress to act to maintain that power.
Now? Change you can believe in, baby
If the White House doesn’t see the need to get Congressional
authorization for continued indefinite detention, then it means that
the White House believes it has that power under the Constitution,
whence it derives all authority. They may not want to say it
out loud, but their actions speak volumes. Obama has adopted the Bush
position in its entirety.