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sethnintendo said:

Sounds more like it was a policy first started with Bush then Obama and Senate followed suit and expanded on it.

Started under Bush for aliens, but it was enshrined into law under Obama - and was extended to enable the indefinite detention of citizens.

I think Obama is just such a Lincoln fanboy that he wanted to get rid of habeas corpus, too.