Team Obama delays Gitmo report for months – why

Why? At Newsweek, Greg Isikoff has the primary reason — people still arguing for Obama’s right to indefinitely detain people — along with a number of lesser reasons.

But, he misses the other biggie. Another six months is probably about enough time to finish the expansion of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, aka Gitmo 2.0.

Obama now WORSE than Bush on indefinite detention

Glenn Greenwald has the details on how the Obama Administration is claiming the right to indefinitely detain once-alleged terrorists even after they are acquitted at trial.

Kafka. “Darkness at Noon.” Whatever you want to say.

Latest Obama Admin lie – civil liberties

Just.Another.Politician.™ has not only the George Barack Obama gall, now, to consider drafting an executive order that says he can indefinitely detain his people, his staff claims civil liberties groups asked them to do it.

“Civil liberties groups have encouraged the administration, that if a prolonged detention system were to be sought, to do it through executive order,” the official said.

Ahh, first the WaPost gives this person anonymity, without even saying why, in this case. Second, Mr. Anonymous never names one of these groups by name; I’m sure the ACLU or CCR or HRW said this.

Meanwhile, the Obama DOJ claims at least 90 detainees can neither be tried nor released.

And, giving the lie to Team Obama’s claims that it’s been asked to do this by executive order is this “tell”:

Concerns are growing among Obama's advisers that Congress may try to assert too much control over the process.

Yep, it’s not that CCR “said to do this,” it’s to cut Congress off at the past.

The lies get more transparent all the time, too.

Greenwald has much more, including this:

There has now emerged a very clear — and very disturbing — pattern whereby Obama is willing to use legal mechanisms and recognize the authority of other branches only if he's assured that he'll get the outcome he wants. If he can't get what he wants from those processes, he'll just assert Bush-like unilateral powers to bypass those processes and do what he wants anyway.

Yep, that’s our president, either sneak thief or passive-aggressive. And more dishonest about it than Bush.

Indefinite detention: Why did Obama appeal sex offender court ruling

The Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether or not sex offenders can be detained in prison after completing their sentences. A federal appeals court already said “no dice” on that.

So why is the compassionate, just Obama Administration appealing the sex offender ruling?

Indefinite detention and the risk of SCOTUS setting a precedent that could spill over into the War on Terra, since The One had made clear he 110 supports indefinite detention of Terra-ists.