While it's known that the US has used indefinite detention of suspects in its "war on terror", Congress has voted to make the same treatment legal for US citizens apprehended within the US.
The House of Representatives passed the 2012 National Defence Authorisation Act (or NDAA) on Wednesday and Senate approved it (86 to 13) on Thursday. But the Senate had already passed one version of the bill on December 1, with 93 votes in favour of and seven against - a remarkable margin.
The NDAA, which includes the 2012 $662bn military budget and more. But civil liberties advocates are concerned over a section in the legislation that deals with the detention of civilians by the military.
Tea Party Sen. Rand Paul - one of seven who voted against the bill - questions the bill's constitutionality [C-Span]
Provisions in the bill codify an approach that allows for endless detention of US citizens and non-citizens picked up anywhere in the world. They also gives the US military the option to detain US citizens suspected of participating or aiding in terrorist activities without a trial, indefinitely.
A person can be detained "under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities", the bill states. The hostility in question here is the "war on terror", and at the moment, it seems to have no end.
Attempts were made by several senators to strip the bill of that provision, but those attempts failed. Indeed, most of those who fought to have the provision removed from the bill - such as California's Senator Diane Feinstein and Colorado's Senator Mark Udall (both Democrats) ultimately ended up voting in favour of the bill.
Al Jazeera tried to contact nearly 30 senators from both sides of the vote (including co-sponsors senators John McCain and Carl Levin) but none seemed to be willing to talk or to answer questions about why they either voted against the provisions or, alternately, why they feel they are necessary and why the US justice system is inadequate to deal with terrorist suspects.
serious business
Senator Rand Paul Detained by TSA
I actually had a better link on this but it "disappeared"
For those of you interested in SOPA and PIPA laws...
More Laws That will Limit or control information on Internet.
You tube video for people interested in voting for Mitt Romney..
WEED AND DETAINMENT
smoke weed, do you? Well maybe you should think again..
could you be detained for smoking? Accused of being a Terrorist for smoking weed? Maybe.
Read Above.


Reposting this because i love it. but topics above deemed more important than single image of baby polar bear.
also:
occupy


The House of Representatives passed the 2012 National Defence Authorisation Act (or NDAA) on Wednesday and Senate approved it (86 to 13) on Thursday. But the Senate had already passed one version of the bill on December 1, with 93 votes in favour of and seven against - a remarkable margin.
The NDAA, which includes the 2012 $662bn military budget and more. But civil liberties advocates are concerned over a section in the legislation that deals with the detention of civilians by the military.
Tea Party Sen. Rand Paul - one of seven who voted against the bill - questions the bill's constitutionality [C-Span]
Provisions in the bill codify an approach that allows for endless detention of US citizens and non-citizens picked up anywhere in the world. They also gives the US military the option to detain US citizens suspected of participating or aiding in terrorist activities without a trial, indefinitely.
A person can be detained "under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities", the bill states. The hostility in question here is the "war on terror", and at the moment, it seems to have no end.
Attempts were made by several senators to strip the bill of that provision, but those attempts failed. Indeed, most of those who fought to have the provision removed from the bill - such as California's Senator Diane Feinstein and Colorado's Senator Mark Udall (both Democrats) ultimately ended up voting in favour of the bill.
Al Jazeera tried to contact nearly 30 senators from both sides of the vote (including co-sponsors senators John McCain and Carl Levin) but none seemed to be willing to talk or to answer questions about why they either voted against the provisions or, alternately, why they feel they are necessary and why the US justice system is inadequate to deal with terrorist suspects.
serious business
Senator Rand Paul Detained by TSA
I actually had a better link on this but it "disappeared"
For those of you interested in SOPA and PIPA laws...
More Laws That will Limit or control information on Internet.
You tube video for people interested in voting for Mitt Romney..
WEED AND DETAINMENT
smoke weed, do you? Well maybe you should think again..
could you be detained for smoking? Accused of being a Terrorist for smoking weed? Maybe.
Read Above.

Reposting this because i love it. but topics above deemed more important than single image of baby polar bear.
also:
occupy











