Posted on 04/21/2010 6:50:07 PM PDT by tutstar
On March 4 Senators John McCain (R-Ariz) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) introduced a bill entitled “The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010.” If you thought some of the legislation introduced and passed by Congress under Bush II was scary, then in the immortal words of Bachman and Turner you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
The stated purpose of the bill is to ban civilian trials for those designated by the federal government as “enemy belligerents.” The bill would bar such individuals from receiving the legal rights usually afforded those accused of crimes in the United States. “Enemy belligerents” would be taken into military custody for the purposes of interrogation and determination of their status. Some, after interrogation and determination of status, may become "high-level detainees."
Who could be designated “enemy belligerents” and thereby denied the right to a civilian trial? Would the designation be limited to combatants captured on a battlefield, or could it be extended to others — including, potentially, even law-abiding U.S. citizens who dissent from an official point of view or policy?
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
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S. 3081 Enemy Belligerent Interrogation – A Sick Merry-Go-Round
A person may become a “high-value detainee” if he or she “meets the criteria for treatment as such established in the regulations required by subsection (d).” These regulations are:
• The “potential threat” the person poses for an attack on civilians or civilian facilities. Questions: What is meant by a potential threat? How much potential is required? Does potential involve actions, or just speech within an assembly of dissenting voices which someone in government has interpreted as a threat?
• The “potential threat” the person poses to U.S. military personnel or facilities. The same questions apply.
• The “potential intelligence” value of the individual. See below.
• “Membership in al Qaeda or in a terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda.”
• “Such other matters as the President considers appropriate.”
This last, of course, could mean anything any President wants it to mean, whether it is Obama or someone else sitting in the Oval Office in the future. This makes the meaning high-value detainee completely open-ended!
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The same type of “Belligerents” that flew planes into the WTC and Pentagon? lol
God, these fools are..... Well, they are fools.
(I need a drink)
WTF x 1,000,000
Thanks for posting this! Why this heinous, un-American, un-constitutal bill isn’t getting more attention from the conservative press is beyond me. JD Hayworth’s campaign office says he’s against it, but he has yet to come out against it on his website. Very strange! We need to get the word out on this evil McCain senate bill, and fast!
NPs your article does not hammer away at the.most important point. Namely, that this bill would allow ObamaNation to imprison US citizens indefinitely without charges or trial.
yes... not!
It should have been built right into the title. Oh well. At least word is starting to get out there.
to infinity & beyond!!
even the conservative talking heads haven’t mentioned this yet....have to say this bill does have me concerned!!
I wonder if the EB card is being played already.
Good point. I was trying to make the title “as is” but just requested for the title to have an addendum. . . we’ll see.
Even the lib sites are not keen on this but I think it is pretty easy to figure out who they want to get with this bill.
"Such other matters as the President considers appropriate.”
This last, of course, could mean anything any President wants it to mean, whether it is Obama or someone else sitting in the Oval Office in the future. This makes the meaning high-value detainee completely open-ended.
JiI’m trying to get Freepers to bug Drudge about this story. More crickets. What the heck is going on?!
;-/
yes it is frustration to the max!!!!
I’m voting for JD just because I can - McLame is way, way too late!
Sorry about spelling. Never could get this typing from my phone thing down :o(
What you said, and how!
YES! McCain must be crazy to sponsor something like this so close to the election. But I think all the leadership have long depended upon the ignorance of the people. Obama plays it to the max. He knows that many will believe him and never attempt to verify.
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