Saturday, February 21, 2009
Status Quo We Can Believe In
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Same as it ever was...
Obama continues Bush policy on detainees
Barack Obama studied, and taught, Constitutional Law in great universities. So he gets much less leeway on issues such as this than, say, George W. Bush, who studied bar stools in country clubs.
"Yesterday's announcement that the Obama administration has not even considered departing from the very same unjust and inhumane policies of his predecessor, is an ominous sign that human rights and the rule of law are simply not a priority of this administration," the International Justice Network, who is counsel in all the cases under review, said to Raw Story in a statement. "We expected more from this President when he promised that we would not trade our fundamental values for false promises of security. Unless there is a serious reconsideration of this issue at the highest levels of the Obama government, America will not be able to put this dark chapter of our history behind us."
Obama simply knows better than that.
This does not bode well.
posted by Gotham 2:20 PM
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