It was remotely possible...

[solarbird]

It was remotely possible, were you naive enough, to vote for Senator Obama in 2008 and not also be actively voting for an embrace-and-extend approach to Mr. Bush's arbitrary arrest, indefinite detention without charge, and destruction of the justice system policies. That will not be possible in 2012.

Please enjoy the first interim report from Chief Executive Obama's Detention Policy Task Force featuring plans for the new three-teired "justice" system Mr. Obama has already stated he supports: real courts for some, fake military courts for others, and no trials at all ever for still more. The system is designed to insure imprisonment of anyone the government wants imprisoned, and, on that basis, can fairly be called a system of show trials, similarly to those of Mr. Bush. Remember: as stated previously by the Obama administration, should someone be found innocent, somehow, by one of these show trials, the administration - as per that of Mr. Bush - reserves the right to imprison them forever anyway.

As is fitting, the briefing on the report was presented by four administration officials who would only discuss the matter if they were not named, even though the report was released to the public. As usual, all those news organisations invited agreed. As Glenn Greenwald asks: why?

Comments

[maellenkleth]

I am quite disgusted by all of this; not that our legal protections up here are all that more robust. Ministerial certificates, etc.

By the bye, I'd be happy to take the HD floppies.

[jonathankorman.livejournal.com]

For a while I was hoping that this is some kind of crafty Obama rope-a-dope, but it's reached the point where clinging to that hope would only be delusional.

$#@!!

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figured he would be *better*, but did foster vague hopes that he would be *decent* or even *good*. Ah, well, not the first (or the last) time that a politician has sorely disappointed me.

Damn.

Cathy

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

I'm all for Mr. Bush's arbitrary arrest, indefinite detention without charge.