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Obama endorses indefinite detention without trial for some

WASHINGTON - President Obama acknowledged publicly for the first time Thursday that some detainees at Guantanamo Bay may have to be held without trial indefinitely, siding with conservative national security advocates on one of the most contentious issues raised by the closing of the military prison in Cuba.

"We are going to exhaust every avenue that we have to prosecute those at Guantanamo who pose a danger to our country," Obama said. "But even when this process is complete, there may be a number of people who cannot be prosecuted for past crimes, but who nonetheless pose a threat to the security of the United States."

President Bush (after spending a hour convulsed in schadenfreude-inspired laughter) responds to his administration's lefty critics thusly...

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