Ora sono anche gli editoriali del New York Times a criticare Obama, senza però l’acrimonia del passato, di violare la costituzione sui diritti, sulla detenzione e sugli interrogatori dei prigionieri della guerra al terrorismo:
«Mr. Obama came to office vowing to stop these costly travesties of justice that so damaged America’s international reputation. But he has steadily retreated, sometimes in the face of political opposition, sometimes on his own. Now he is drifting toward establishing his own system of extralegal detention and tainted questioning. It is time to stop that drift and return to a constitutional system of law enforcement».