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Dividing the Democrats and drawing criticism from the administration is a provision that would require military custody of a suspect determined to be a member of al-Qaida or its affiliates and involved in the planning or an attack on the United States. The administration argues that such a step would hamper efforts by the FBI or other law enforcement to elicit intelligence from terror suspects.

Attorney General Eric Holder said last week that the United States must have the flexibility to prosecute terror suspects in criminal courts. White House counterterror chief John Brennan has argued for a case-by-case approach in prosecuting terrorist suspects. The Pentagon’s general counsel, Jeh Johnson, also has said there is a “danger in over-militarizing our approach to al-Qaida and its affiliates.”

Levin said the administration agrees with military custody for terror suspects captured outside the United States. “What they won’t agree to is people are captured in the United States be so treated and go through the military custody even with a (national security) waiver.”

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So, yeah, under the legislation as it stands, the military COULD lock up a civilian in the U.S. - IF he were shown to be a terrorist planning an attack.

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Originally posted by Geezer:
So, yeah, under the legislation as it stands, the military COULD lock up a civilian in the U.S. - IF he were shown to be a terrorist planning an attack.

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Originally posted by Geezer:I'm thinking that the ACLU's overblown rhetoric about this is pretty much a fundraiser for folks who'll send them a check without reviewing the facts.

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