ATTENTION PREPPERS - Having More Than 7 Days Of Food Makes You A Suspected Terrorist

YouTube/FoxNews ^ | 11/29/11

[verity]

More nonsense.

[Kartographer]

[WorldviewDad]

Homemade, frozen, or carryout...

[grey_whiskers]

Fascinating reading in Chapter 47 A of USC 10 (as amended by the Military Commissions Act of 2009 (title XVIII of Public Law 111-84)).

Correct me if I'm wrong; I Googled it and I am pulling it from:

http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/10C47A.txt:

(3) In making exceptions in the applicability in trials by military commission under this chapter from the procedures and rules otherwise applicable in general courts-martial, the Secretary of Defense may provide the following: (A) Evidence seized outside the United States shall not be excluded from trial by military commission on the grounds that the evidence was not seized pursuant to a search warrant or authorization. (B) A statement of the accused that is otherwise admissible shall not be excluded from trial by military commission on grounds of alleged coercion or compulsory self-incrimination so long as the evidence complies with the provisions of section 948r of this title. (C) Evidence shall be admitted as authentic so long as - (i) the military judge of the military commission determines that there is sufficient evidence that the evidence is what it is claimed to be; and (ii) the military judge instructs the members that they may consider any issue as to authentication or identification of evidence in determining the weight, if any, to be given to the evidence. (D) Hearsay evidence not otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence applicable in trial by general courts-martial may be admitted in a trial by military commission only if - (i) the proponent of the evidence makes known to the adverse party, sufficiently in advance to provide the adverse party with a fair opportunity to meet the evidence, the proponent's intention to offer the evidence, and the particulars of the evidence (including information on the circumstances under which the evidence was obtained); and (ii) the military judge, after taking into account all of the circumstances surrounding the taking of the statement, including the degree to which the statement is corroborated, the indicia of reliability within the statement itself, and whether the will of the declarant was overborne, determines that - (I) the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact; (II) the statement is probative on the point for which it is offered; (III) direct testimony from the witness is not available as a practical matter, taking into consideration the physical location of the witness, the unique circumstances of military and intelligence operations during hostilities, and the adverse impacts on military or intelligence operations that would likely result from the production of the witness; and (IV) the general purposes of the rules of evidence and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into evidence.

As far as I can tell, the above applies to underprivileged aliens or somesuch, not citizens.

But it's a nice slippery slope.

And in your quoted Section, what does the following mean?

(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.

Cheers!