When he was a candidate for president, Barack Obama spoke forcefully in favor of granting habeas corpus rights to terror suspects. But now that he is president, he is taking a less-principled approach. In a brief filed Thursday, Justice Department lawyers contended that even though the Supreme Court ruled that Guantánamo detainees do have habeas corpus rights, these rights do not apply to four former detainees suing former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
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