[ExI] barack W. obama

[Stefano Vaj]

2009/9/27 spike <spike66 at att.net>

>
> Hmmm, looks like no one ever figured out how to deal with this mess.  The
> current president has come to the same conclusion as his predecessor on the
> Gitmo detainees:
>
>
> http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/president-obama-reaffirms-po
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> wer-of-indefinite-detention-will-not-seek-additional-congressional-powers.ht
> ml<http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/president-obama-reaffirms-po%0Awer-of-indefinite-detention-will-not-seek-additional-congressional-powers.ht%0Aml>
>
>

Wasn't it nice when politicians felt compelled at least to *pretend* that
they were in compliance with their own legal system, rather than adopting an
openly "consequentialist" attitude?

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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