I'm inclined to side with the President on this matter, in spite of
assurances the bill will not limit our freedoms. Here's why: Gawd help us under another president like Bush traipsing all over our freedoms using this amendment to the DAB as his justification.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you side with the President. Do you mean you support the administration's language that didn't exclude US citizens?
But this is old school Howey, not reading the article you are linking to. The President's veto threat has noting to do with the indefinite detention of Americans, which is what this thread is about. The President wants the flexibility to use civilian or military courts for detainees, and he wants the limitations on funding to move the Gitmo prisoners lifted. All important issues, but they rather pale in consideration to the detention of American citizens. Here is the administration document on their concerns about detainee issues, page 2.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/112/saphr1540r_20110524.pdfBut maybe I missed the part about US citizens.
