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NDAA's Indefinate Detention Provision Blocked by Judge

The National Defense Authorization Act was a great disappointment to civil libertarians.  However, they must take heart in this news:

Judge Rules Against Law on Indefinite Detention

From the NY Times article:

...the debate over the balance between national security and civil liberties is still unfolding 11 years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

In the detention case, Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a permanent injunction barring the government from relying on the defense authorization law to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion that they “substantially supported” Al Qaeda or its allies — at least if they had no connection to the Sept. 11 attacks.

The United States has been detaining terrorism suspects indefinitely since 2001, relying on an authorization by Congress to use military force against perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks and those who helped them. Last year, Congress decided to create a federal statute that codified authority for such detentions.

I hope the Federal Courts continue to uphold constitutional principles as Judge Forrest has done in this case.

American Ambassador to Libya Killed by Extremists

Shocking news from northern Africa this morning.  Four Americans were killed in Libya including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens.  News of the shocking attack by extremist protesters broke this morning.

Protesters had been angered by a U.S. filmmaker's work that was critical of Islam.


With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by his side, President Obama made a five minute address to reporters outside the White House this morning.  Video of that address can be viewed below:



A short video report on the protests yesterday where the American Embassy was under seige:

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Bill Clinton's DNC Speech

Clinton got rave reviews for his 50 minute speech making the case for why people should vote for Obama and the Democrats over Romney and the Republicans.

Clinton is seen as one of our generations best political speakers for his ability to combine a mastery of issues and facts, and explain them in a "folksy" southern manner.  Some have called him a great "Explainer-in-Chief".

Here is a short segment of his speech:



The article on Clinton as Obama's Chief Defender can be found in the Christian Science Monitor.

Barack Obama: The Competitor in Chief

A story in today's New York Times describes the competitive nature of Obama's personality, from politics to sports, to well, reading Green Eggs and Ham to school children.  This video accompanied the story:  http://nyti.ms/NGNd2K