August 13, 2009

By Ari Shapiro

Tina Foster, executive director of the International Justice Network, who is meeting with former Bagram detainees in Yemen, said in a phone interview the Obama administration has "adopted" the same position as the Bush administration "that individuals captured by the United States anywhere in the world can be taken into custody and held indefinitely without charge, so long as they're not brought to Guantanamo."

In April, Foster won a case against the Obama administration. U.S. District Court Judge John Bates said three non-Afghans being held at Bagram have a right to access American courts. He said a fourth detainee who is from Afghanistan cannot.

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