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Crime USA Obama Human rights Law

“Obama has the right to lock any US citizen up forever without trial”

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Published 13 July, 2009, 11:01

Edited 03 November, 2009, 07:21

Barack Obama’s indefinite detention claim, coupled with the enemy combatant right he inherited, enables him to lock up any US citizen forever without a trial, author and political consultant Naomi Wolf told RT.

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