Cenk Uygur
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Obama's Civil Liberty Problem - Drones or Indefinite Detention?
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December 1, 2012
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5:40Now Playing"The Senate voted late on Thursday to prohibit the government from imprisoning American citizens and green card holders apprehended in the United States in indefinite detention without trial.
While the move appeared to bolster protections for domestic civil liberties, it was opposed by an array of rights groups who claimed it implied that other types of people inside the United States could be placed in military detention, opening the door to using the military to perform police functions.
The measure was an amendment to this year's National Defense Authorization Act, which is now pending on the Senate floor, and was sponsored by Senators Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, and Mike Lee, Republican of Utah. The Senate approved adding it to the bill by a vote of 67 to 29."*
Cenk Uygur discusses Obama's words and actions regarding civil liberties for prisoners-- what does he do with them? Throw them in Guantanamo or another prison indefinitely? Or would it be less damaging for his political career to just kill them with drone strikes? What is the right thing to do Constitutionally?
*Read more from Charlie Savage/ New York Times:
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