Will Obama send U.S. citizens to Guantanamo?

• Drops his threat of a veto against the defence bill even though he didn't like certain controversial provisions

• Now American citizens can be arrested within the U.S. and sent to Guantanamo if they're linked to Al Queda or Taliban

• Senate voted 86-13 to pass the massive $662billion defence bill

By MEGHAN KENEALLY
UPDATED: 14:00 GMT, 16 December 2011

President Barack Obama faced a civil liberties backlash today after he signed a law that will allow terror suspects to be held indefinitely- even raising the prospects of U.S. citizens being sent to Guantanamo Bay.

The controversial move, revealed last night, effectively extends the laws of the battlefield to American soil.

The move shows a clear hardening of Mr Obama’s anti-terror policies, and a major shift from the liberal stance that helped him sweep into power three years ago.