Gitmo vs. Bagram? Thank God for Obama double-standard.
Helen Thomas to Robert Gibbs: "Why is the president blocking habeus corpus from prisoners at Bagram? I thought he taught constitutional law. And these prisoners have been..."
Robert Gibbs: "You're incorrect that he taught on constitutional law"
Why shouldn't the Bagram detainees have the same rights that Gitmo detainees are now provided under Boumediene v. Bush?
I guess Obama figured out that Bush was right. I'm glad that there's such a difference between the past Obama rhetoric and the new Obama reality. As it pertains to Bagram, the Adminsitration is saying that giving detainees such rights as habeus corpus could lead to protracted litigation, disclosure of intelligence secrets and harm to American security.
The US needs the flexibility to detain people we know to be dangerous. Thankfully Obama is realizing this as it pertains to Bagram.
Robert Gibbs: "You're incorrect that he taught on constitutional law"
Why shouldn't the Bagram detainees have the same rights that Gitmo detainees are now provided under Boumediene v. Bush?
I guess Obama figured out that Bush was right. I'm glad that there's such a difference between the past Obama rhetoric and the new Obama reality. As it pertains to Bagram, the Adminsitration is saying that giving detainees such rights as habeus corpus could lead to protracted litigation, disclosure of intelligence secrets and harm to American security.
The US needs the flexibility to detain people we know to be dangerous. Thankfully Obama is realizing this as it pertains to Bagram.
