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[Ineverlie&I'malwaysri]

If S1867 goes through with Sections 1031 & 1032 intact, American citizens within US borders will be subject to indefinite detention without charge nor representation, simply on executive say-so. The fascist takeover will be just about complete.

Battlefield US: Americans face arrest as war criminals under Army state law

29 November 2011

America is opening up a new warfront and it�s in your own backyard. It�s in your neighbor�s house, it�s three states over and it�s on the other side of the Mississippi.

That�s what a new legislation could lead to and the consequences are dire and constitutionally damning.

The United States Senate is set to vote this week on a bill that would categorize the entire USA as a �battlefield,� allowing law enforcement duties to be dished out by the American Military, who in turn could detain any US citizen as a war criminal � even coming into their own homes to issue arrests.

The National Defense Authorization Act regularly comes before Congress for changes and additions, but the latest provision, S. 1867, proves to be the most powerful one yet in raping constitutional freedoms from Americans. Move over, Patriot Act. Should S. 1867 pass, lawmakers could conjure the text to keep even regular citizens detained indefinitely by their own military.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a supporter of the bill, has explicitly stated that the passing of S. 1867 would �basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield� and could lead to the detention of citizens without charge or trial, writes Chris Anders of the American Civil Liberties Union�s Washington office...

This is really effin' scary. Call your senators today and tell them you do not want this.

Take action:

Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your senators' and/or representative's office. Remember that telephone calls are usually taken by a staff member, not the member of Congress. Ask to speak with the aide who handles the issue about which you wish to comment.

After identifying yourself, tell the aide you would like to leave a brief message, such as: "Please tell Senator/Representative (Name) that I oppose S.1867, especially Sections 1031 & 1032."

[The Floating World]

The US constitution was sold up the river decades ago.

[Ineverlie&I'malwaysri]

93-7?!? We're effed!

Senate Approves $662B Defense Bill

(WASHINGTON) � Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil.

The vote was 93-7 for the bill authorizing money for military personnel, weapons systems, national security programs in the Energy Department, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1...

[Leslie Cheswyck]

[Steelrails]

While I see the logic behind it- In the age of fast-moving terrorism, the first responders to a threat on American soil might be the military and would need the legal capacity to act in order to save lives and so on and so on...and while I don't think this is suddenly going to lead to the Washington Gestapo materializing out of the mists and sudden;y ordering us around at gunpoint...I do think that this is just...improper. This nation was founded on a distrust of military law enforcement and large standing armies. Declaring all of America a battleground is just ludicrous.

[recessiontime]

slowly and surely the US is moving toward a dictatorship, just like Ayn Rand said.

[northway]

[No_hite_pls]

This is horrible.

[sirius black]

If this passes and God forbid any negative consequences of such legislation, the blame, ultimately, are all Americans collectively.

You get the government you deserve. Too many of 'us' as a people who are ignorant, apathetic or fooled.

[AsiaESLbound]

The real threat to national security is the mismanagement of our finances, economy, excessive military campaigns, and government itself; not some gun men though there is fighting around the southern border. The US is headed on a scary path Germany went down many decades ago. It was also announced yesterday that China is going to be put up to the task of upgrading the infrastructure and managing the country due to our enormous national debt and lack of investing on American soil. The biggest real threat to national security is not the American people, but the leadership who sold us out to China, India, and the world through corporate outsourcing of the jobs. To send our jobs away, stifle domestic growth down to a negative level, and then criminalize us for being upset is just criminal on their part.

[sirius black]