President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act just before Christmas last year, while no one was paying attention, which included indefinite detention of American citizens on exclusive order of the president.  Now that Obama is campaigning and he finds this a real "root of contention" among voters, he has decided to put forth some rules and waivers attached to the bill.  The section of the bill which allows for indefinite detention of Americans without a trial, Section 1022, is...
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