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midnight

(26,624 posts)
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 12:10 AM Mar 2012

NDAA: Clear and Present Danger to American Liberty

It does indeed – contrary to the many flatout-false form letters I have seen that both senators and representatives sent to their constituents, misleading them about the fact that the NDAA destroys their due process rights. Under the act, anyone can be described as a 'belligerent". As the New American website puts it,

"[S]ubsequent clauses (Section 1022, for example) unlawfully give the president the absolute and unquestionable authority to deploy the armed forces of the United States to apprehend and to indefinitely detain those suspected of threatening the security of the 'homeland'. In the language of this legislation, these people are called 'covered persons'.

"The universe of potential 'covered persons' includes every citizen of the United States of America. Any American could one day find himself or herself branded a 'belligerent' and thus subject to the complete confiscation of his or her constitutional civil liberties and nearly never-ending incarceration in a military prison."

And with a new bill now being introduced to make it a crime to protest in a way that disrupts any government process – or to get close to anyone with secret service protection – the push to legally lock down the United Police States is in full force.http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/10240-ndaa-clear-and-present-danger-to-american-liberty


I hope this wasn't already posted yet...

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NDAA: Clear and Present Danger to American Liberty (Original Post) midnight Mar 2012 OP
The US is a very short step from total fascism. PDJane Mar 2012 #1
What, are you one of those nuts who believes in the Constitution? MannyGoldstein Mar 2012 #2
I know, right.... Lindsey Graham set us straight on that.... midnight Mar 2012 #3

PDJane

(10,103 posts)
1. The US is a very short step from total fascism.
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 12:14 AM
Mar 2012

I firmly believe that the oligarchy is going to make its move very soon.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
2. What, are you one of those nuts who believes in the Constitution?
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 12:16 AM
Mar 2012

"Due process" and "legal systems" are for suckers, apparently.

We need to be realistic and give up our rights.

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