Libs rip Obama over military tribunal flip-flop

In January Barack Obama announced the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center--without a plan as to what to do with the 241 terrorists being held there.

Earlier today, the president revealed that he's bringing back military tribunals for those Gitmo inmates.

It's a big flip flop for Obama, who denounced them while serving in the Senate and on the presidential campaign trail.

AP has more:

"This is the best way to protect our country, while upholding our deeply held values," Obama said, announcing his decision to renew the tribunals in a three-paragraph White House statement. The administration said he was not embracing the Bush-era system because it would be so significantly changed.

However, his action was almost instantly denounced by a host of liberal-leaning groups that championed his presidential campaign last year.

"In one swift move, Obama both backtracks on a major campaign promise to change the way the United States fights terrorism and undermines the nation's core respect for the rule of law," said Amnesty International executive director Larry Cox.

"There is no such thing as 'due process light,'" said American Civil Liberties Union executive director Anthony D. Romero.

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