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[....] A last minute change to the provision exempted American citizens from being subject to the provision's requirements and would allow the executive branch to use its discretion on applying the provision based on national security and would also allow the president to hold a terror suspect in civilian rather than military custody. But the bill would deny suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens, the right to trial and subject them to indefinite detention.

[....] Civil rights groups argue that the bill is an historic threat to liberty because it expands the authority of the president to order the military to imprison suspects without charge or trial.

The Obama administration argues that the military, law enforcement officials and intelligence agents need flexibility to act on a case-by-case basis in dealing with terror suspects.

The White House also opposes a different version of the bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would limit President Obama's authority to transfer detainees from the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba to U.S. federal prisons. The House and Senate versions will have to be reconciled in conference, before a single version can go to the president's desk for his signature. [....]

[....] "Al-Qaida is at war with us," said Levin. "They brought that war to our shores. This is not just a foreign war. They brought that war to our shores on 9/11. They are at war with us. The Supreme Court said, and I am going to read these words again, 'There is no bar to this nation's holding one of its own citizens as an enemy combatant.' "

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham strongly agreed.

"Here is the question for the country, 'Is it okay to hold an American citizen who is suspected of helping al-Qaida under military control?' You better believe it is okay," said Graham. "I don't believe that helping al-Qaida is a law enforcement function. I believe our military should be deeply involved in fighting these guys, at home and abroad." [....]

 

Related articles:

S.1867 -- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Engrossed in Senate [Passed Senate] - ES)

Source: The Library of Congress (Thomas)
Posted by: RC_Anderson on 2011-12-05

http://www.altadenagroup.com/CSIA/post_details.asp?p_ID=9666

 


Senate Detention Bill is Pure Treason - Declares War on American People

Source: Oath Keepers - by Stewart Rhodes
Posted by:RC_Anderson on 2011-12-02

http://www.altadenagroup.com/CSIA/post_details.asp?p_ID=9662

 


Update: Unconstitutional Bill declares US a battlefield for the military

Source: Conservative Action Alerts - by Kyle Ebersole
Posted by:RC_Anderson on 2011-12-02

http://www.altadenagroup.com/CSIA/post_details.asp?p_ID=9658

 


Will the Defense Authorization Bill Bring Battlefield Rules to US Soil?

 

Source: TheTruthAboutGuns.com article by Bruce W. Krafft
Posted by:LA_Case on 2011-11-30

http://www.altadenagroup.com/CSIA/post_details.asp?p_ID=9650

 


Assassination: Is it legal?

Source: Washington Post - By Peter Finn & National Review Online - By Kevin D. Williamson
Posted by:RC_Anderson on 2011-10-03

http://www.altadenagroup.com/CSIA/post_details.asp?p_ID=9475

 


Pretend Counterterrorism Policy by Obama Administration

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  • Achilles Heel
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