Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: tired

Obama: Not Like This

I was very disappointed by this bit of news:

White House Drafts Indefinite Detention Order
Dafna Linzer and Peter Finn, ProPublica and The Washington Post: "The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, is drafting an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate suspected terrorists indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations."


Persons suspected of a crime should be charged with a crime, held in safe and secure custody, and speedily given a fair trial. When this does not happen, it is bad for the society as a whole, because when a society gets into the habit of mistreating one group of persons it tends to start doing that with more and more persons. That way lies disaster. Those rights are enshrined in America's founding documents for sound reason, and they should be honored. None of this nonsense about creating groups of people to whom the rules don't apply. The rules are for everyone. That is part of what distinguishes a civilized nation from barbarism.
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  • 4 comments
fayanora

fayanora

June 28 2009, 06:26:03 UTC 12 years ago

No matter how high-minded the President, he still has to contend with the existing system, which is firmly locked into place and detests change.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

June 28 2009, 19:27:54 UTC 12 years ago

... that has accounted for much disappointment and frustration this year. But I am happy that there is now good news along with the bad from Washington. That's a big improvement.
fayanora

Re: Yes...

fayanora

June 29 2009, 00:09:07 UTC 12 years ago

Aye.
xiphias

xiphias

June 28 2009, 13:40:55 UTC 12 years ago

Yeah.

To me, this is SUCH a no-brainer that I'm not so much disappointed as completely BAFFLED by it.

Indefinite detention without charge?

That's the primary thing that the Magna Carta forbids. I mean, we're not only going against the Constitution here -- we're going against the absolutely most basic principle of the entire Western legal system.