The Senate has knocked down an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. From the ACLU, via press release:
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted to defeat an important amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment, offered by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), would have deleted harmful provisions authorizing the U.S. military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians, including American citizens, anywhere in the world. The amendment would have replaced those provisions with a requirement for an orderly congressional review of detention power.
Obama had threatened to veto the bill.
