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But Obama seems determined to narrow that gap. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.salon.com%2F2011%2F12%2Fimage-10-150x150.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2011\/12\/15\/obama_to_sign_indefinite_detention_bill_into_law\/singleton\/'>Obama to sign indefinite detention bill into law<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter spend months threatening a veto, the President decides instead to codify the first such bill since the 1950s\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;President Obama will go down in history as the president who enshrined indefinite detention without trial in US law.&quot; Yup. True, there isn&#39;t a single person running for office right now who I dislike or mistrust less, if not on this then on other profoundly important issues. But Obama seems determined to narrow that gap. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/15\/just-plain-awful.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Just plain awful&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,17,9],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","category-politics-law","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24005,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/23\/and-throw-away-the-key.html","url_meta":{"origin":24547,"position":0},"title":"And throw away the key","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 23-Nov-11 9:36am","format":false,"excerpt":"So by basically \"determining\" that someone is a member of al-Qaeda and is involved in plotting against the United States, that person could be arrested anywhere world-wide, including American citizens inside the United States, and would be automatically turned over to the military for indefinite detention.Does any of that seem\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27928,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/18\/enjoining-ndaa.html","url_meta":{"origin":24547,"position":1},"title":"Enjoining NDAA","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 18-May-12 5:06pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This is good news, and a rare instance of the federal courts standing up to the post-9\/11 security regime, Bush and Obama alike.(h\/t +Brandon Sergent) Embedded Link Federal court enjoins NDAA An Obama-appointed judge rules its indefinite detention provisions likely violate the 1st and 5th Amendments Google+: View post on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&gadget=a&resize_h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.salon.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fobama_glenn-150x150.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24486,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/13\/the-war-on-christmas-austerity.html","url_meta":{"origin":24547,"position":2},"title":"The War on Christmas Austerity!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 13-Dec-11 9:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"Since nobody on the Right can claim that the Obama White House is ignoring \/ battling \/ attacking Christmas with its decorations, instead they are lambasting the Obama White House for not being austere enough (in keeping with these difficult economic times).Gee, you'd almost think that they were attacking Obama\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25146,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/06\/stay-classy-fox-news.html","url_meta":{"origin":24547,"position":3},"title":"Stay classy, Fox News!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Jan-12 7:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"How does Fox News treat First Lady Michelle Obama? 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