This irony of this is that it has so far only been passed in mostly blue states: California, Virginia, and Michigan, along with Alaska. And despite whatever motives they have for doing so, the red states finally have, or *should* have, clear agreement in this authoritarian nightmare.
Any Republican who thinks this NDAA is a good idea, such as McCain and Graham, are further showing how really out of kilter their worldview is. And I’ll put George W. Bush in there as well.
The enemy is out there. The enemy is not here. Quit treating Americans like we were Taliban in Pakistan.
If you want to keep such malevolent characters out of the US, then do so. Don’t let them in, then say all America must be a prison because they dwell here.
It passed unanimously here in Michigan.
Senate Bill 94: Prohibit Michigan National Guard executing federal “indefinite detention”
Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on December 11, 2013, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=676539