(never mind that the President requested it).
One signing statement later and countless disclaimers before and since, and you're still sitting in that Circle Jerk of Attribution™?
Gawd...that lilDick must be sore...
Here's some [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/obama_to_basically_ignore_congress_terrorists-in-military-custody_mandate.php]
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Officials like FBI Director Robert Mueller had worried that Section 1022 of the NDAA “lacks clarity” about how law enforcement officials should handle a suspected terrorist at the time of arrest. That section required individuals who weren’t citizens or lawful U.S. residents who have had ties to al-Qaeda, the Taliban or “associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners” to be placed into the military system — facts that could be difficult to determine right off the bat (“They don’t wear al-Qaeda hats,” one law enforcement official official told TPM.)
A senior administration official said that Obama took as long as he did to actually sign the NDAA to give officials the most amount of time to implement procedures which are supposed to be in place 60 days after he signed the bill into law. His signing statement indicated that the White House could seek modifications to the bill from Congress if they find the guidelines unworkable.
But broadly, the administration will interpret the law in a way that gives them the ability to wave any military custody requirement and enact it in a way that allows counterterrorism flexibility.
