Forum Post: ACLU: Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 25, 2011, 11:50 p.m. EST by MonetizingDiscontent
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Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window
((Nov 23rd, 2011))
While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself.
Senators need to hear from you... https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3865&s_subsrc=fixNDAA ...on whether you think your front yard is part of a “battlefield” and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial.
The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power... https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3865&s_subsrc=fixNDAA ...to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Lawl (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night’s Republican debate. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself.
The worldwide indefinite detention without charge or trial provision... https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3865&s_subsrc=fixNDAA ...is in S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act bill, which will be on the Senate floor on Monday. The bill was drafted in secret... http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/senate-panel-pushes-ahead-with-defense-bill-over-white-house-objections-on-terror-suspect-plan/2011/11/15/gIQAEUoYPN_story.html ...by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) and passed in a closed-door committee meeting, without even a single hearing.
Hi Monetizing, Thank you for link. Another effort to rob freedom by control freaks. Best Regards, Nevada
yup, and bipartisan as usual. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.)
Again, both parties have abandon the people here. ~Cheers Nevada1~
reposted http://citicommons.com
..Nice.. word needs to get out on this one. sheesh, do these people really have nothing better to do around thanksgiving but dream up ever more ways to gut our most basic fundamental individual rights as human beings? . . . O u t O f C o n t r o l . . .
go get a bunch of people to like this http://www.facebook.com/upwithchris
you'll see where i posted it.
Lets see now.. Guns and Bullets or Bread....This is not a dumb question for the people out of work with no food on the table.
Who created them God? and gave them dominion over the whole Earth
Greetings, MD! Read this story yesterday but well worth the repost.
Step 1. The bill gets passed.
Step2. Declare all Occupy protesters 'terrorists.'
Step 3. I finally get a chance to meet my new-found friends from this forum, since we'll all be 'occupying' adjacent 'dorms' in one of those sparkling new FEMA camps down south.