Obama To Basically Ignore Congress’ Terrorists-In-Military-Custody Mandate | Talking Points Memo

Federal law enforcement officials had been worried about the “uncertainty” that a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would create for agents dealing with a terrorist attack because of the plethora of qualifiers that would send a terrorist suspect into military custody. But the signing statement issued by President Barack Obama on New Year’s Eve appears to indicate that it should be business as usual as the administration develops implementation rules for the new provisions over the next 60 days.


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