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A detainee at the Guantánamo prison. The president’s plans for detainees have drawn complaints from civil libertarians. (Pool photo by Brennan Linsley)

WASHINGTON - Civil libertarians recently accused President Obama of acting like former President George W. Bush, citing reports about Mr. Obama's plans to detain terrorism suspects without trials on domestic soil after he closes the Guantánamo prison.

It was only the latest instance in which critics have argued that Mr. Obama has failed to live up to his campaign pledge "to restore our Constitution and the rule of law" and raised a pointed question: Has he, on issues related to fighting terrorism, turned out to be little different from his predecessor?