What. The. Fu*k?

This is a whole new level of fuckedupedness. Honestly.

The Agitator » Blog Archive » Obama Administration Official Won’t Rule Out Post-Acquittal Detention:

"Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson moved the Obama administration into new territory from a civil liberties perspective. Asked by Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) the politically difficult but entirely fair question about whether terrorism detainees acquitted in courts could be released in the United States, Johnson said that “as a matter of legal authority,” the administration’s powers to detain someone under the law of war don’t expire for a detainee after he’s acquitted in court."