”A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the […]
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August 6th, 2012 | Tags: "Red Diaper Babies", Col. Kevin Benson (Ret.), Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, domestic terrorism, Doug Hagmann, Fort Leavenworth, Ft. Hood shootings, indoctrination, Janet Napolitano, Jennifer Weber, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, Masjid Al-Islam mosque, National Defense Authorization Act, North Smithfield, Pentagon, Posse Comitatus, Roseanne Barr, Sikhs, University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies, Valerie Jarrett | Category: Barack Obama, Communism, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Elections, FBI, Military, religion, Rhode Island, Tea Parties, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Michael Boldin Tenth Amendment Center 2/22/2012 About an hour ago, Virginia House Bill 1160 (HB1160) which recently passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 96-4, was approved by the Senate Courts of Justice Committee. The vote was 8-4 with 3 abstentions. The legislative goal of HB1160 is to codify in Virginia law noncompliance […] February 22nd, 2012 | Tags: Gov. Bob McDonnell, H.B. 1160, indefinite detention, National Defense Authorization Act, nullification, Posse Comitatus | Category: Congress, law enforcement, legislation, Military, terrorism, US Constitution, Virginia | Comments are closed
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
Q and A with Human Rights Watch’s Laura Pitter Matt Welch & Joshua Swain Reason Magazine 12/5/2011 “It is not unfair to make an American citizen account for the fact that they decided to help Al Qaeda to kill us all and hold them as long as it takes to find intelligence about what may […] December 6th, 2011 | Tags: federal criminal courts, indefinite detention, military commissions, National Defense Authorization Act, Posse Comitatus, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Lindsey Graham | Category: Barack Obama, civil liberties, Congress, corruption, Human Rights, Military, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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