President Obama has determined that the United States will no longer hold enemy combatants, er, in the sense that we will no longer use the word “enemy combatant.” In substance, the policy remains essentially unchanged. In the new policy, disclosed Friday, President Obama claims an ever so slightly broader authority to hold Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, and an ever so slightly narrower authority to hold others. Scotusblog has the rundown. (Via Instapundit.)
I think Ed Whelan has the right idea. Next we can resolve the Guantanamo problem in a similar manner, by renaming Guantanamo.
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