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  • 40 Members of Congress Protest ‘Indefinite Detention’ Bill

    40 Members of Congress Protest ‘Indefinite Detention’ Bill
    Legislation set for final vote Thursday

    Paul Joseph Watson
    Infowars.com
    Wednesday, December 14, 2011

    40 members of Congress have sent an urgent letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders protesting provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act that would legalize indefinite detention of American citizens without trial, as the revised version of the bill heads for a final vote on Thursday.

    “The Senate-passed version of the NDAA, S. 1867, contains Section 1031, which authorizes indefinite military detention of suspected terrorists without protecting U.S. citizens’ right to trial. We are deeply concerned that this provision could undermine the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth amendment rights of U.S. citizens who might be subjects of detention or prosecution by the military,” states the letter.

    Opposition to the bill has been bipartisan. While the letter is signed mostly by Democratic members of Congress, Republican representatives like Justin Amash, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul have also been vocal in their opposition.

    After a weekend of secret meetings, the final version of the bill emerged on Tuesday morning and is set to voted on before the end of the week. Issues the Obama administration had with the bill, which had nothing to do with indefinite detention (indeed it was the White House itself which removed language that would have protected Americans from Section 1031), now appear to have been settled.

    Both the ACLU and Human Rights Watch point out that the final version does nothing to protect American citizens against indefinite detention.

    “The sponsors of the bill monkeyed around with a few minor details, but all of the core dangers remain – the bill authorizes the president to order the military to indefinitely imprison without charge or trial American citizens and others found far from any battlefield, even in the United States itself,” said the ACLU’s Chris Anders.

    “The latest version of the defense authorization bill does nothing to address the bill’s core problems – legislated indefinite detention without charge and the militarization of law enforcement,” concurred HRW’s Andrea Prasow.

    Proponent of the legislation Senator Lindsay Graham ironically summed up the nightmare scenario the bill will codify into law – the complete evisceration of all Constitutional protections for U.S. citizens.

    “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 be coming next,” remarked Graham. “And when they say, ‘I want my lawyer,’ you tell them, ‘Shut up. You don’t get a lawyer.’”

    Of course, the government would not be required to present any evidence whatsoever or go through any legal process to snatch an American citizen off the street and send them to Guantanamo Bay, merely accusing them of aiding terrorists or ‘committing an act of belligerence’ would be enough.

    Protests and funeral marches to mark the death of freedom in America and the legalization of permanent martial law, are being planned for Thursday, which ironically is Bill of Rights Day, 220 years since the liberties now about to be eviscerated were first ratified on December 15, 1791.


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    2 Chronicles 7:14
    If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

  • #2
    Police State sir!
    Wanna see my care face???

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    • #3
      Only 40?
      "Self-government won't work without self-discipline." - Paul Harvey

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      • #4
        Shows how many actually care about the Constitution and "We the People".

        Here's the letter and the 40.
        The webpage, file or other resource that you were trying to view wasn't found at the location requested. This could be for many reasons:
        2 Chronicles 7:14
        If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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        • #5
          Slippery fucking slope!

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          • #6
            Am I missing something, I only counted 37.
            2 Chronicles 7:14
            If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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            • #7
              Just proves both sides want to take our freedoms.

              I'm REALLY thinking of voting for Paul this time around....

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              • #8
                Originally posted by sc281 View Post
                Just proves both sides want to take our freedoms.

                I'm REALLY thinking of voting for Paul this time around....
                Yeah I have to, I bought into the left/right paradigm for a long time. It's too easy to see it's all smoke and mirrors and the evidence is everywhere that the left/right paradigm is a farce.
                I have to vote for the only Constitutionalist, which is Paul.
                The 3 listed below I'm assuming are the 3 missing from the letter.

                Opposition to the bill has been bipartisan. While the letter is signed mostly by Democratic members of Congress, Republican representatives like Justin Amash, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul have also been vocal in their opposition.
                2 Chronicles 7:14
                If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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                • #9
                  Both of the Pauls voted against this bill, for the record.

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                  • #10
                    As Levin said last week, it was the White House itself that demanded Section 1031 apply to American citizens.

                    “The language which precluded the application of Section 1031 to American citizens was in the bill that we originally approved…and the administration asked us to remove the language which says that U.S. citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section,” said Levin, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

                    Senator McCain also told Rand Paul during a hearing on the bill that American citizens could be declared an enemy combatant, sent to Guantanamo Bay and detained indefinitely, “no matter who they are.”

                    Quite how those still in denial could even entertain the notion that the bill would not apply to American citizens when the Obama administration is already enforcing a policy of state assassination and killing American citizens it claims are “terrorists,” without having to present any evidence or go through any legal process, is beyond naive.

                    With the White House having largely resolved its concerns with the bill, which had nothing to do with the ‘indefinite detention’ provision, Obama could put pen to paper as early as tomorrow on a law that if recognized will nullify the bill of rights – ironically tomorrow is “Bill of Rights Day”.

                    www.allforoneroofing.com

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                    • #11
                      10% of our congressmen support the people and our constitution. awesome....

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                      • #12
                        I like that even though the president said he wouldn't sign it this week, now he's saying he'll sign it, and urging congress to pass it.
                        ZOMBIE REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!! heh

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by racrguy View Post
                          Both of the Pauls voted against this bill, for the record.

                          Thanks for the info.
                          2 Chronicles 7:14
                          If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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                          • #14
                            I like how we can be here, discussing this stuff, and if we piss the wrong person off they will be able to make us go bye-bye, indefinitely. Screw the family left behind, screw your rights, you get what they give.

                            Over dramatization? Maybe. For now.
                            www.allforoneroofing.com

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by mikec View Post
                              As Levin said last week, it was the White House itself that demanded Section 1031 apply to American citizens.

                              “The language which precluded the application of Section 1031 to American citizens was in the bill that we originally approved…and the administration asked us to remove the language which says that U.S. citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section,” said Levin, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

                              Senator McCain also told Rand Paul during a hearing on the bill that American citizens could be declared an enemy combatant, sent to Guantanamo Bay and detained indefinitely, “no matter who they are.”

                              Quite how those still in denial could even entertain the notion that the bill would not apply to American citizens when the Obama administration is already enforcing a policy of state assassination and killing American citizens it claims are “terrorists,” without having to present any evidence or go through any legal process, is beyond naive.

                              With the White House having largely resolved its concerns with the bill, which had nothing to do with the ‘indefinite detention’ provision, Obama could put pen to paper as early as tomorrow on a law that if recognized will nullify the bill of rights – ironically tomorrow is “Bill of Rights Day”.

                              http://www.prisonplanet.com/indefini...amas-desk.html
                              This is what I'm failing to understand and wrap my pea brain around. IF the Constitution IS the Law of the Land, and was put in place to protect us from this tyranny. How in the hell can any potus come up with their own bill that would nulify and over ride the Constitution?
                              When in the hell did "We the People" become "globalist govt. ran mafia dictaror".
                              I didn't vote on any of this NWO garbage, this pisses me off to no end! And people still believe dems and republicans are different, neither one is for the Constution, both are traitors to this nation and it's people.
                              2 Chronicles 7:14
                              If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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