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Controversial $662bn bill signed by Obama on Saturday Condemned as ‘dangerous’ and ‘blight on his legacy’ Obama raised ‘serious reservations’ about detention Mark Duell Daily Mail [UK] 1st January 2012 Civil rights groups today voiced major concern over a defence bill allowing the military to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism. The $662billion […] January 2nd, 2012 | Tags: "Indefinitely Detained", ACLU, Amnesty International, Guantanamo Bay detainees, Human Rights Watch, indefinite detention, National Defense Authorization Act, Posse Comitatus | Category: Barack Obama, civil liberties, Civil rights, Congress, law enforcement, Military, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Obama signs defense bill despite ‘reservations’ Julie Pace Associated Press 12/31/2011 HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having “serious reservations” about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. The bill also applies penalties against Iran’s central bank in an effort to hamper […] January 1st, 2012 | Tags: "Indefinitely Detained", due process, Guantanamo Bay detainees, hypocrisy, indefinite detention, military courts, National Defense Authorization Act, Posse Comitatus, Presidential signing statement, S. 1867, Sen. Carl Levin | Category: Banking and finance, Barack Obama, civil liberties, Congress, Iran, law enforcement, Military, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
…Merry Christmas, US Senate Ralph Lopez Daily Kos 12/25/2011 Disclaimer: I am now a volunteer press contact for this campaign. From the press release: Moving quickly on Christmas Day after the US Senate voted 86 – 14 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) which allows for the indefinite military detention […] December 26th, 2011 | Tags: "Indefinitely Detained", Adolph Hitler, assassination, Bill of Rights, H.R. 1540, indefinite detention, Magna Carta, National Defense Authorization Act, Oath Keepers, Patriot Act, Posse Comitatus, recall, Rep. Ron Paul, Sen. Jon Tester, Sen. Max Baucus, Stewart Rhodes, William Crain | Category: Barack Obama, civil liberties, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Founding Fathers, Germany, History, law enforcement, Military, Montana, terrorism, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
An information sheet for U.S. citizens from your United States of America government Ruben Bolling Tom the Dancing Bug 12/21/2011 click on the image to enlarge H/T Judge Andrew Napolitano on Facebook: One day, the war on terrorism will come to an end. All wars do. And when it does, we will find […] December 22nd, 2011 | Tags: "Indefinitely Detained", due process, National Defense Authorization Act, satire, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) | Category: Censorship, civil liberties, Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Government, National Security, terrorism | Comments are closed
Mike Riggs Reason Magazine 12/21/2011 Back in September President Obama had U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki assassinated. When pressed on the legality of using “targeted killing” against a U.S. citizen without first providing due process, the Most Transparent Administration in History™ clammed up. Eventually word leaked that White House and DOJ lawyers had written a memo […] December 21st, 2011 | Tags: "Indefinitely Detained", "targeted killing", “Surveillance and Privacy Issues”, Anwar al-Awlaki, assassination, indefinite detention, National Defense Authorization Act, Prof. Jonathan Turley, Sen. Mark Kirk, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Rand Paul, The New York Times | Category: Barack Obama, civil liberties, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Glenn Beck, law enforcement, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Buck Sexton The Blaze 12/12/2011 In a radio segment Monday morning, Glenn Beck and Congressman Allen West had a lively discussion– and voiced some strong points of disagreement– on the current language of the National Defense Authorization Act, also referred to as the “Indefinite Detention Bill.” Glenn kicked off the discussion by putting all cards […] December 14th, 2011 | Tags: "Indefinitely Detained", Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, due process, indefinite detention, National Defense Authorization Act, Rep. Allen West, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton | Category: civil liberties, Congress, corruption, Department of Homeland Security, Glenn Beck, law enforcement, legislation, Military, National Security, Politics, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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