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Obama administration officials fear that the mandatory detention
provisions could force the FBI to interrupt ongoing
investigations in order to hand suspected terrorists over to the
military. They also worry that the new rules could interfere
with the prosecution of suspected terrorists in federal courts.
At a homeland security and counterterrorism conference in
September, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan
warned that "this approach would impose unprecedented
restrictions on the ability of experienced professionals to
combat terrorism." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) held up the defense funding bill in mid-October on the
basis of the those objections. The latest changes to the bill
appear to address some of the administration's concerns by
claiming that designating an individual a terrorist "does not
require the interruption of ongoing surveillance or intelli