I am not sure if any of you heard about this absurd law that was passed by the Senate, but I thought I'd mention it just to make you Americans aware, since it mostly applies to Americans.
This law basically places "...domestic terror investigations and interrogations into the hands of the military and which would open the door for trial-free, indefinite detention of anyone, including American citizens, so long as the government calls them terrorists."
Are they pushing it with this new law? God help the American people if this passes, really. They can basically arrest anyone for anything, without letting the person know what he/she did, without trial, and for as long as they want you detained for, if that isn't the beginning on a Big Brother nation, then I don't know what is.
The thing is, it's like they're keeping this law on the down-low on purpose. Even the article mentions that.
"Termed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and drafted behind closed doors by Senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) the NDAA would:
1) Explicitly authorize the federal government to indefinitely imprison without charge or trial American citizens and others picked up inside and outside the United States;
(2) Mandate military detention of some civilians who would otherwise be outside of military control, including civilians picked up within the United States itself; and
(3) Transfer to the Department of Defense core prosecutorial, investigative, law enforcement, penal, and custodial authority and responsibility now held by the Department of Justice."
Taken from: National Defense Authorization Act:US military can imprison civilians w/o charges | Ron Paul 2012 | Sound Money, Peace and Liberty
Another site to read: The National Defense Authorization Act is the Greatest Threat to Civil Liberties Americans Face - Forbes
Thoughts, opinions, concerns?
I do realize politics here is an ehh subject, but I believe this is extremely important.
