Obama Administration Says It Doesn’t Need a New Law to Keep Holding Prisoners Indefinitely

It’s hard to know whether this is good news or bad, but theoretically, at least, it could have been worse.

The Obama administration said on Wednesday that it will not seek new legislation from Congress authorizing the indefinite detention of about 50 terrorism suspects being held without charges More…

Obama DOJ Still Mulling Due Process for Detainees

Attorney General Eric Holder today faced a slew of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about just what sort of legal process the Obama administration plans to provide for detainees that the president deems “too dangerous” to release, yet who for whatever reason cannot be tried in a U.S. court More…