Forum Post: IMPORTANT: Occupy protesters: National Defense Authorization Act
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 6, 2011, 9:40 p.m. EST by mooney
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Hi folks at Occupy
I'm alarmed that you haven't been talking about the new National Defense Authorization Act which was passed this week, are you aware of this? It is hugely terrifying to Occupy, and indeed America in general, but it applies directly to you
Here is the summary of it:
Last week the U.S. Senate secretly passed a bill that means the army can detain ANYONE (U.S.A citizen or otherwise) who they see as a "terrorist". The bill grants power to the military to arrest U.S. citizens on American soil and detain them in military prisons forever without offering them the right to legal counsel or even a trial.
This could be used against Occupy protesters. If they see you as anti-government, you could be classified as a "terrorist"
http://gawker.com/5865089/20-things-you-should-know-about-americas-most-horrifying-new-law http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-1540 http://digitaljournal.com/article/315413 http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/05/the-national-defense-authorization-act-is-the-greatest-threat-to-civil-liberties-americans-face/
you can also urge your facebook and twitter followers to make some noise against it:
Now the only hope to kill this bill is with a presidential veto. Help demand that President Obama veto the National Defense Authorization Act by signing the petition on the White House website. Spread the word, and for god's sake i hope someone can make Occupy post this info on their facebook!!!!!!
We need 22,000 people to sign before the end of December 2011 http://wh.gov/jeY
It's no coincidence that this has been kept extremely quiet, but that is what makes it even more alarming. Is there nothing Occupy can do to draw some attention to this? This could be the governments biggest weapon in the future against Occupy, or even ANY form of peaceful protest that they dislike!
This new bill applies DIRECTLY to ANYONE taking part in Occupy protests in America.
Read up on it, spread it.
TOO LATE, law has been passed
http://us.cnn.com/2011/12/31/politics/obama-defense-bill/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
still no mention of this from Occupy, if this doesn't get attention to a wider audience, the whole protest is fucked
Occupy admin, ignore this at your peril!
Now the only hope to kill this bill is with a presidential veto. Help demand that President Obama veto the National Defense Authorization Act by signing the petition on the White House website. Spread the word, and for god's sake i hope someone can make Occupy post this info on their facebook!!!!!!
http://wh.gov/jeY
More ridiculous legislation. Less freedom.
Is it any coincidence that the LONDON POLICE have just begun to label "Occupy" as a TERRORIST movement??? But that is so shockingly dishonest that it is causing a nation-wide wave of sympathy in the UK in favor of Occupy. After all, even the Archbishop of Canterbury threw his support behind Occupy in November.
Some threads here have talked about this. What I find interesting is that I have seen nothing about it in the MSM.
I noticed that as well, MVSN. Fox News actually had something about it on their page. Kind of surprising if you ask me. I mean it was a link to an article, and the link wasn't very noticeable. But none of the others even had a link.