As of Tuesday, the federal government wasn’t quite ready to render a verdict on the compromise reached by members of Congress on a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act which guides terrorist suspects into the military justice system. But FBI Director Robert Mueller indicated Wednesday that the administration still has concerns, though it’s still unclear if the White House will make good on a previous veto threat.The language change essentially said that the FBI still had the same authority to investigate terrorism cases, but civil liberties advocates found the language hollow because it would still give the military custody of terror suspects unless the president signed off on a waiver for every individual suspect. The White House had threatened to veto the legislation before the conference changes were made, but they’ve been silent on the issue ever since.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=103386