It is being reported that President Obama will be announcing an improved military tribunals, which was used during the previous Bush administration, to try terror suspects. This move has been criticized by many civil libertarians, including Amnesty International, as President Obama also made the decision this week to withhold pictures of prisoner abuses in Iraq. Critics have argued that such terror suspects should be tried in U.S. civilian courts, but some of the evidence against the detainees, which was obtained through questionable interrogation methods, might not be able to be used in such legal setting.

This is quite a disappointed, personally, and I truly want to bring back all of the fervent Obama supporters to see what kind of “change” this administration truly believes in. A lot of Obama supporters, I expect, will be against the President on this particular issue, because for many these “improved” military tribunals are nothing more than a legal construct that goes against the due process principle of this free country, i.e. Obama is repeating a highly criticized Bush era policy.

Now, President Obama will defend such tribunals by stating that there are more legal safe guards to protect the detainees’ rights, but my counter objection will be: what is so inadequate with the civilian courts? President Obama has a law degree, so I expect he has a sound answer.