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Jacob Sullum on the President's Indefinite Detention Powers

Reason Staff | 12.7.2011 7:00 AM

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Do you see a problem with a law that authorizes indefinite military detention of anyone the president identifies as an enemy of the state? For the Obama administration, writes Senior Editor Jacob Sullum, the problem is clear: The law does not give the president enough discretion.

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