F*&K Bam Bam!!!
"From ... my ... cold ... dead ... FINGERS!!!"
Posted on 12/15/2011 4:30:58 PM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
President Barack Obama faced a civil liberties backlash today after he signed a law that will allow terror suspects to be held indefinitely- even raising the prospects of U.S. citizens being sent to Guantanamo Bay. The controversial move, revealed last night, effectively extends the laws of the battlefield to American soil.
The move shows a clear hardening of Mr Obama’s anti-terror policies, and a major shift from the liberal stance that helped him sweep into power three years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Yes. I originally was not as worried and thought it was Conspiracy hype until I read about them stabbing the American people in the back and removing the clause that exempts American Citizens.
Senate Amendment (SA) 1126 would “clarify” Section 1031 to explicitly state within the section that the authority of the military to detain persons without trial until the end of hostilities does not apply to American citizens. [Update: Voted down 45-55]
SA 1125 would limit the mandatory detention provision in Section 1032 to persons captured abroad, not in America. [Update: Voted down, 45-55]
If you are Irish, you have no worries. O’Bama considers himself as Irish and he will not send his countrymen to the Guantanamo Gulag. /sarc
Yeah, I'm sure all the liberal suck-ups in the MSM are sooooooo concerned. Well, they were concerned someone might know what library books they read years ago - but this? Nah. They know the real enemy - those conservative middle class fellow citizens...
This is a “Bill of Attainder”, prohibited by the Constitution.
For those who don’t know, LOOK IT UP!!!
The legislature is trying to bypass the courts. I suspect the Supremes ain’t gonna be very thrilled about that one!!
Somebody gonna get B-slapped big time!
“He’s planning a FR wing.”
While you are there, you can send 42 Repiblican senators postcards thanking them for granting Obama the power to detain you.
Here is a (the?) section that talks about it. Not sure what “exceptions” can be made - but U.S. citizens or Legal Resident Aliens can NOT be detained under the new rules.
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Sec. 1032. REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY CUSTODY.
(a) Custody Pending Disposition Under Law of War-
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(1) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in paragraph (4), the Armed Forces of the United States shall hold a person described in paragraph (2) who is captured in the course of hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40) in military custody pending disposition under the law of war.
(2) COVERED PERSONS- The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply to any person whose detention is authorized under section 1031 who is determined—
(A) to be a member of, or part of, al-Qaeda or an associated force that acts in coordination with or pursuant to the direction of al-Qaeda; and
(B) to have participated in the course of planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners.
(3) DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR- For purposes of this subsection, the disposition of a person under the law of war has the meaning given in section 1031(c), except that no transfer otherwise described in paragraph (4) of that section shall be made unless consistent with the requirements of section 1033.
(4) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY- The Secretary of Defense may, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, waive the requirement of paragraph (1) if the Secretary submits to Congress a certification in writing that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.
(b) Applicability to United States Citizens and Lawful Resident Aliens-
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(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS- The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.
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(2) LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS- The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to a lawful resident alien of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States, except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.
October 2012. That’s the date we have to watch out for. A national “crisis” will compel the mass arrests of conservatives to be sent to newly-constructed camps across the nation.
Gitmo becomes Gulag?
FUBO!
You’ll be able to recognize me... I’ll be the one screaming like a little girl.
“The move shows a clear hardening of Mr Obama’s anti-terror policies, and a major shift from the liberal stance that helped him sweep into power three years ago.”
Aided and abetted by the republican legislators in both houses.
Blame Obama if you want, but McCain and Graham supported this thing.
“Aided and abetted by the republican legislators in both houses.”
For some reason, they don’t want to acknowledge that side of the legislation.
..anti-American nutjob who terrorizes populations...
...maybe Zer0 will commit himself to Gitmo....
How is it possible that this is not in the Breaking News or Front Page News sidebars?
Let alone having it's own Subject Link at the top of the page?
The American Constitution was just eliminated by congressional vote. I would think that a website called Free Republic would find that somewhat important.
I don't know what's scarier - the vote, or the universal silence about it.
The Founders knew that throughout history, where ever it was tried, democracies always devolved into authoritarian or totalitarian, tyrannical governments.
And that's right where we're heading.
Mark
By the time this plays out, the US will have become a police state where you no longer have liberty.
Without security of your person, your property and your privacy, you have no liberty. It simply an
illusion of freedom - granted only if the state likes you.
In the not too distant future, you will wish you had arranged for another passport of
another country, shipped your wealth offshore and set up a bolt-hole far from here...
that is, if you haven’t already done so.
Time is running out.
When Democracy become Tyranny, I still get to vote. Maybe only once, but there will be a reckoning.
Homeland inSecurity named third party voters domestic terrorists, among many others.
McCain did this.
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