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Obama Admin Appeals NDAA Ruling in Bid to Preserve Indefinite Detention at Home and Abroad

DemocracyNow.org -

The Obama administration has filed an emergency appeal of a federal judge's decision to block a controversial statute that gave the government the power to carry out indefinite detention.

Judge Katherine Forrest ruled against a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizing the imprisonment of anyone deemed a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial.

A group of journalists, scholars and political activists had brought the case, arguing the provision was so broad it could easily infringe on freedom of speech. In a court filing on Monday, the government argued Judge Forrest's ruling could go beyond the statute itself to curb the indefinite provisions contained in the legislation authorizing the so-called post-9/11 "War on Terror," potentially jeopardizing the imprisonment of foreigners in Afghanistan without charge.

We look at the Obama administration's support for indefinite detention