Indefinite Detention Weighed 14 May 2009 The Obama administration [soon to be dubbed 'regime' by the CLG] is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil – indefinitely and without trial – as part of a plan to retool military tribunal trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The proposal is being floated with members of Congress… Sen. Lindsay Graham (R., S.C.), who met this week with White House Counsel Greg Craig to discuss the administration’s plans, said among the proposals being studied is seeking authority for indefinite detentions, with the imprimatur of some type of national-security court.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124223286506515765.html

Gee, looks like Michael Rectenwald was right. I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this bailout! 02 Oct 2008 To Barack Obama I say: you are a fraud on public credulity. You are no more a “change” agent than I am the Pope. With your support of this bailout, you have acted in direct contradiction to your promise of change-your promise of opposing special interests, of putting Main Street before Wall Street, of finding a way forward that does not beg, borrow or steal from the very people you claim to represent. If you cannot do more than cave to special interests now, what “hope” have we that you will resist them when in office? (More ‘Rec Reports’ here (http://legitgov.org/mikerectenwald_writings_101501.html) and more of Mike’s writings here.) It’s not just the bailout. Obusha has burned us on Guantanamo, Bagram, tribunals, torture, killer drones, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, investigation of the previous Administration’s role in the aforementioned, ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ banks, bailouts, bonuses, polar bears, and wolves. –LRP

http://www.legitgov.org/comment/rec_report_021008.html

Obama Administration Reverses Promise to Release Torture Photos –Decision Betrays Commitment to Transparency and the Rule of Law (ACLU) 13 May 2009 The Obama administrationannounced today (http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/torturephoto_reversal_letter_20090513.pdf) that it is reversing its promise to make public photos depicting detainee abuse by U.S. personnel overseas. The Department of Defense had told a federal judge that it would release a “substantial number” of photos in response to a court ruling in an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/39587prs20090513.html