Defense Bill Nixes Ban on Indefinite Detention for US Citizens

In a closed-door negotiation, top Republican and Democratic lawmakers have killed a ban on detaining American citizens without trial. The Senate approved the ban, a bipartisan effort led by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), as an amendment to the 2013 defense spending bill in a vote last month. But once the House and Senate met to negotiate the differences between their versions of the bill, the ban was scrapped.  Of the four main negotiators on the defense ...