Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield”

[Soul Crusher]

Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield”
ACLU Blog ^ | 11/23/2011 | Chris Anders



While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself.

Senators need to hear from you, on whether you think your front yard is part of a “battlefield” and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial.

The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night’s Republican debate. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself.


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I have been reading about this.   When Carl levin and john McCain agree on something like this - be afraid -  be very afraid.   

[headhuntersix]

I 5think we can grab guys like Lind should he be on the battlefield....or American terrorists operating abroad, but domestically, this is another step in Obama's dismantling of America. But nobody in the military is going to follow barry ona course like this. He's find his worthless ass in jail.

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I 5think we can grab guys like Lind should he be on the battlefield....or American terrorists operating abroad, but domestically, this is another step in Obama's dismantling of America. But nobody in the military is going to follow barry ona course like this. He's find his worthless ass in jail.

Remember this clip everyone?   

[240 is Back]

sorry ass liberals like myself have been complaining about this for years.  Remember the military commissions act of 2006?

"If you aren't a terr'ist then you have nothing to worry about..." was what we heard from the W kneepadders.

[Dos Equis]

Remember this clip everyone?   

Those comments are taken out of context.  He wasn't talking about a civilian military forces.  HH6 (I think it was him?) explained it in context a while back.