John McCain and Carl Levin have drafted a new defense bill in secret, and it has already passed committee under closed-door conditions, without even a single hearing.
S. 1867 takes us one step closer toward a military dictatorship, all under the auspices of safety and security. It contains provisions that allow American citizens to be sent to military prisons indefinitely if they are accused of a terror-related crime. Its not enough that we have militarized Federal agencies reigning over us and destroying our liberties... these sadistic cretins actually want the military itself to start enforcing the laws and delivering justice.
Due Process is dying before our eyes. Did it really matter if Obama or McCain were elected? McCain wants a dictatorship just as bad as Obama.
It looks like the only defenders of Due Process will be some Democrats, the ACLU, and of course Ron Paul. It has become part of the GOP platform to support a bloodthirsty Police State.
S. 1867 takes us one step closer toward a military dictatorship, all under the auspices of safety and security. It contains provisions that allow American citizens to be sent to military prisons indefinitely if they are accused of a terror-related crime. Its not enough that we have militarized Federal agencies reigning over us and destroying our liberties... these sadistic cretins actually want the military itself to start enforcing the laws and delivering justice.
Due Process is dying before our eyes. Did it really matter if Obama or McCain were elected? McCain wants a dictatorship just as bad as Obama.
Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window
Republicans are all for this monstrosity. Days ago in the CNN Presidential Debate, half the GOP candidates advocated that the constitution should not be followed in matters of National Security, and that suspects of terror-related crimes should be stripped of their inalienable rights. And here we see more approval of the destruction of Due Process from Republican Senators.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, 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 to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Paul (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 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 by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) and passed in a closed-door committee meeting, without even a single hearing.
In support of this harmful bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) explained that the bill will “basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield” and people can be imprisoned without charge or trial “American citizen or not.” Another supporter, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) also declared that the bill is needed because “America is part of the battlefield.”
Senate panel pushes ahead with defense bill over White House objections on terror suspect plan
Dividing the Democrats and drawing criticism from the administration is a provision that would require military custody of a suspect determined to be a member of al-Qaida or its affiliates and involved in the planning or an attack on the United States. The administration argues that such a step would hamper efforts by the FBI or other law enforcement to elicit intelligence from terror suspects.