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| Permalink View Article Stats (9 comments) Promoted to Headline (H2) on 2/21/09: Obama backs Bush: No rights for Bagram prisoners Quicklink submitted by Rob Kall (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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| The Obama admin, siding with the Bush White House, contended Friday that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. In a two-sentence court filing, the Justice Department said it agreed that detainees at Bagram Airfield cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their detention. The filing shocked human rights attorneys. 'The hope we all had in President Obama to lead us on a different path has not turned out |
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