Obama administration backs bill authorizing indefinite military detention of US citizens – The bill would allow for the open-ended detention of anyone caught up in the “war on terror,” without trial or charges, including US citizens. This is the first explicit legislation to effectively abolish habeas corpus (the right to challenge unlawful detentions) and the constitutional rights to a fair trial (the Sixth Amendment) and due process (the Fifth Amendment). Another provision requires that such individuals be taken into military custody, with an exception for US citizens. The military seizure of US citizens is left to the discretion of the executive branch. This means the effective abolition of the Posse Comitatus Act, which has restricted use of the military for domestic policing for more than a century. The main concern of the administration was that the requirement for military custody could hamper actions of other agencies engaged in counterterrorism operations, such as the FBI and CIA. The White House has cited the extra-judicial assassination of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki (a US citizen) as evidence that there should be no restraints on the form through which executive power is exercised.
Indefinite Military Detention Of U.S. Citizens Is A Win For Terrorists, Former Admiral Says – A measure that Congress will likely pass this week allowing indefinite detentions of Americans by the U.S. military will mark a significant loss in the war on terrorism, says a retired admiral who ran the Navy legal system. The National Defense Authorization Act, passed by the Senate just over a week ago after a heated debate, includes a provision that requires the military to hold foreign-born terrorism suspects, and also lets the military grab U.S. citizens for indefinite detention.The House and Senate are expected to release the final legislation as soon as late Monday, and in spite of a personal lobbying effort by President Obama, it is expected to include the controversial language. To Ret. Adm. John Hutson, who was Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 1997 to 2000 and is dean emeritus of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the idea that the United States is chipping away at one of its fundamental principles of civilian law enforcement is a win for terrorists. “The enemy is just laughing over this, because they will have gotten another victory,” Hutson told The Huffington Post. “There’ll be one more victory. There won’t be any bloodshed or immediate bloodshed, there’s not a big explosion, except in a metaphorical sense, but it is a victory nonetheless for the enemy. And it’s a self-inflicted wound.”
Today the US House of Reps passed a $518B appropriations bill which included money for more F-35 production which has as noted by OSD in the past few days serious design flaws.
We don’t know how much vibrations the airplane is suffering and how soon the contract will have to be paid huge siums to “re-skin” the F-35.
What price militarism?
Senator Kyl and Member of Congress McKeon are scrambling to prevent the 15% cuts to the military industrial complex imposed by the failure of the deficit reduction law passed back in August 2011.It is observed that the war budget has risen by 40% in real terms since 2001.Their plan is to freeze federal salaries and benefits, sell off US government assets, and generally sell the government’s seed corn to keep the US war industry plundering the productive economy, and yes kill the New Deal.
The 10 year reduction is about the 20 year ownership cost of the F-35.So, kill the thing that does not work and has at least 5 major engineering issues which otherwise would demand it being stopped.
Does the navy need multiple shipyards to……………………………..
And if they cannot get the soldier to violate his oath to “support and defend” they can hire a private security service with military organization and weapons to “operate” on US soil.
They already use Goebbels’ play book might as well dust off a few of Himmler’s operating instructions.
the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) which was including in the defense funding bill this week received little coverage; it effectively repeals the posse comitatus act, and if someone like gingrich is elected next time around you could see a lot of liberals disappear…
Obama administration backs bill authorizing indefinite military detention of US citizens – The bill would allow for the open-ended detention of anyone caught up in the “war on terror,” without trial or charges, including US citizens. This is the first explicit legislation to effectively abolish habeas corpus (the right to challenge unlawful detentions) and the constitutional rights to a fair trial (the Sixth Amendment) and due process (the Fifth Amendment). Another provision requires that such individuals be taken into military custody, with an exception for US citizens. The military seizure of US citizens is left to the discretion of the executive branch. This means the effective abolition of the Posse Comitatus Act, which has restricted use of the military for domestic policing for more than a century. The main concern of the administration was that the requirement for military custody could hamper actions of other agencies engaged in counterterrorism operations, such as the FBI and CIA. The White House has cited the extra-judicial assassination of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki (a US citizen) as evidence that there should be no restraints on the form through which executive power is exercised.
Indefinite Military Detention Of U.S. Citizens Is A Win For Terrorists, Former Admiral Says – A measure that Congress will likely pass this week allowing indefinite detentions of Americans by the U.S. military will mark a significant loss in the war on terrorism, says a retired admiral who ran the Navy legal system. The National Defense Authorization Act, passed by the Senate just over a week ago after a heated debate, includes a provision that requires the military to hold foreign-born terrorism suspects, and also lets the military grab U.S. citizens for indefinite detention.The House and Senate are expected to release the final legislation as soon as late Monday, and in spite of a personal lobbying effort by President Obama, it is expected to include the controversial language. To Ret. Adm. John Hutson, who was Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 1997 to 2000 and is dean emeritus of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the idea that the United States is chipping away at one of its fundamental principles of civilian law enforcement is a win for terrorists. “The enemy is just laughing over this, because they will have gotten another victory,” Hutson told The Huffington Post. “There’ll be one more victory. There won’t be any bloodshed or immediate bloodshed, there’s not a big explosion, except in a metaphorical sense, but it is a victory nonetheless for the enemy. And it’s a self-inflicted wound.”
while im here, i should let everyone know about this new occupied media interview:
Occupied Media: Interview With Professor William K. Black –
Today the US House of Reps passed a $518B appropriations bill which included money for more F-35 production which has as noted by OSD in the past few days serious design flaws.
We don’t know how much vibrations the airplane is suffering and how soon the contract will have to be paid huge siums to “re-skin” the F-35.
What price militarism?
Senator Kyl and Member of Congress McKeon are scrambling to prevent the 15% cuts to the military industrial complex imposed by the failure of the deficit reduction law passed back in August 2011. It is observed that the war budget has risen by 40% in real terms since 2001. Their plan is to freeze federal salaries and benefits, sell off US government assets, and generally sell the government’s seed corn to keep the US war industry plundering the productive economy, and yes kill the New Deal.
The 10 year reduction is about the 20 year ownership cost of the F-35. So, kill the thing that does not work and has at least 5 major engineering issues which otherwise would demand it being stopped.
Does the navy need multiple shipyards to……………………………..
Long story!
rjs
thanks for trying to warn us. as you can see, no one is worried. after all, if you’re not a terrorist…
hell, i aint worried either – Feds still have my prints on file from the 60s & couldve picked me up long ago – but the occupy kids are apoplectic…
theres considerably more detail here: Glenn Greenwald on detention bill (a/k/a the end of habeas corpus).
Ending “posse comitatus”………………..
And if they cannot get the soldier to violate his oath to “support and defend” they can hire a private security service with military organization and weapons to “operate” on US soil.
They already use Goebbels’ play book might as well dust off a few of Himmler’s operating instructions.