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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
The terrorists have won Jack Hunter Blogger for “Paulitical Ticker” via The Day Caller 12/2/2011 Since 9/11, Senator Lindsey Graham has said repeatedly that we must fight the terrorists “over there” so we don’t have to fight them “over here.” But this week, Graham threw that all out the window. Apparently, we are now at […] December 4th, 2011 | Tags: due process, FEMA, indefinite detention, Iron Curtain, Jim Gilmore, liberty, National Defense Authorization Act, Rep. Justin Amash, S. 1867, Section 1031, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Rand Paul | Category: civil liberties, Congress, Islam, Media accountability, Military, terrorism, United States, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Pete Winn CNSNews 12/1/2011 The Senate on Thursday evening voted 93-7 to approve a defense authorization bill that includes a provision which not only repeals the military law on sodomy, it also repeals the military ban on sex with animals–or bestiality. On Nov. 15, the Senate Armed Services Committee had unanimously approved S. 1867, the […] December 2nd, 2011 | Tags: 'Don't ask don't tell', Article 125, bestiality, Defense Authorization bill, National Defense Authorization Act, S. 1867, sex, sodomy, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, legislation, Military | Comments are closed
Arlen Williams Gulag Bound 11/29/2011 Over Thanksgiving weekend, an extraordinarily evil, Trojan Horse amendment was concocted for our current “Defense Authorization Bill,” and sponsored by John McCain (AZ-R) and Carl Levin (MI-D). And once again Ron Paul attempts to stave off “progressive” tyranny, leading to totalitarianism. It may be called the Levin-McCain anti-Citizen, anti-due-process, authoritarian […] November 29th, 2011 | Tags: Defense Authorization bill, indefinite detention, National Defense Authorization Act, Posse Comitatus Act, S. 1867, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Mark Udall, Sen. Rand Paul | Category: civil liberties, Congress, law enforcement, Military, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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