Indefinite Detention Hurts Our National Security and Increases the Risk of Terrorism
by WashingtonsBlog
December 15, 2011
Top counter-terrorism officials have said that indefinite detention increases terrorism.
A former Admiral and Judge Advocate General says that indefinite detention of Americans hands a big win to the terrorists.
And as Huffington Post notes today, indefinite detention is opposed by our own military and intelligence and police:
FBI Director Robert Mueller just this morning told the Senate that he fears the proposed law will create confusion over who has authority to investigate terrorism cases.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the National Defense Authorization Act will restrain the Executive Branch’s ability to use “all the counterterrorism tools that are now legally available” and “needlessly complicate efforts by frontline law enforcement professionals to collect critical intelligence concerning operations and activities within the United States.”
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