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Obama signs defense bill despite ‘reservations’ Julie Pace Associated Press 12/31/2011 HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having “serious reservations” about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. The bill also applies penalties against Iran’s central bank in an effort to hamper […] January 1st, 2012 | Tags: "Indefinitely Detained", due process, Guantanamo Bay detainees, hypocrisy, indefinite detention, military courts, National Defense Authorization Act, Posse Comitatus, Presidential signing statement, S. 1867, Sen. Carl Levin | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, civil liberties, Congress, Iran, law enforcement, Military, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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