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White House Drafts Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects
Friday, June 26, 2009
By Dafna Linzer and Peter Finn
ProPublica and Washington Post Staff Writer
The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans
to close Guantanamo, has drafted an executive order that would reassert presidential
authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three
senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.
Such an order would embrace claims by former president George W. Bush that
certain people can be detained without trial for long periods under the laws
of war. Obama advisers are concerned that bypassing Congress could place the
president on weaker footing before the courts and anger key supporters, the
officials said.
After months of internal debate over how to close the U.S. military prison
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, White House officials are growing increasingly worried
that reaching quick agreement with Congress on a new detention system may prove
impossible. Several officials said there is concern in the White House that
the administration may not be able to close the facility by the president's
January deadline.
White House spokesman Ben LaBolt did not directly respond to questions about
an executive order but said the administration would address the cases of Guantanamo
detainees in a manner "consistent with the national security interests
of the United States and the interests of justice."
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