Indefinite detention now OK for al Qaeda?

Fox News:

The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The proposal being floated with members of Congress is another indication of President Barack Obama's struggles to establish his counter-terrorism policies, balancing security concerns against attempts to alter Bush-administration practices he has harshly criticized.

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The administration's internal deliberations on how to deal with Guantanamo detainees are continuing, as the White House wrestles with how to fulfill the president's promise to shutter the controversial prison. But some elements of the plans are emerging as the administration consults with key members of Congress, as well as with military officials, about what to do with Guantanamo detainees.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), who met this week with White House Counsel Greg Craig to discuss the administration's plans, said among the proposals being studied is seeking authority for indefinite detentions, with the imprimatur of some type of national-security court.

Closing Gitmo is a mistake that is continuing to unnecessarily occupy the time of the administration. We should keep it open and keep the detainees there until the end of the war. Trying to treat this conflict as lawfare instead of warfare is the cause of most of the problems Obama is creating for himself and his party. A recent poll showed that 80 percent of voters opposed moving Gitmo detainees to the US, but that is exactly what Obama is trying to do since no one else wants them either.