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November 30, 2011

Defying Veto Threat, Senate Advances Indefinite Detention Measure 
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The Senate has advanced a controversial measure that would authorize the
military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect without charge
or trial anywhere in the word, including the United States. The
provision is attached to a large military spending bill that's before
the Senate this week. On Tuesday, the Senate voted 61-to-37 to defeat a
measure that would remove the new indefinite detention policy as well as
other controversial measures. The White House has promised to veto the
entire bill should the provisions remain.



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