All Hail King Obama - New National Defense Authorization Act

8/3/2019 All Hail King Obama - New National Defense Authorization Act

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All!Hail!King!Obama![Gingrich,!Romney,!et!al.]!"!New!National!Defense!Authorization!Act

Renders!Constitutional!Bill!of!Rights!Mere!“Tradition”

Is!anyone!concerned!about!the!lawlessness!and!unconstitutionality!of!the!movement!to!grant

the!President!the!power!to!detain,!without!trial!or!representation!or!due!process!of!law,!any

citizen!that!is!capriciously!perceived!to!represent!a!threat!to!the!United!States?

Mr.!Ferguson!is.!!I!am.!!I!know!you!are,!too.

Let’s!get!right!to!the!issue.!!The!authors!of!this! bill!claim!that!the! bill!would!not!enlarge!the

universe!of!detainees!eligible!for!indefinite!detention!in!military!custody.!!FALSE.!!The

current!Authorization!for!Use!of!Military!Force,!that!is,!the!OLD!LAW,!confines!the!universe

to!persons!implicated!in!the!9/11!attacks!or!who!harbored!those!who!were.!!The!detainee

provision!in!the!NEW!LAW!would!expand!the!universe!to!include!any!person!said!to!be

“part!of”!or!“substantially”!supportive!of!al"Qaida!or!Taliban.

These!terms!are!dangerously!vague.!!We!all!know!how!politicians!like!things!to! be!vague!.!.!.

[“It!depends!on!what!the!definition!of!is,!is?”].

Remember,!more!than!a!decade!after!9/11,!the!military!has!STILL! been!unable!to!define!the

earmarks!of!membership!in!or!affiliation!to!either!organization.!!War!mongers!argue!that!to

prevent!another!9/11!attack!the!USA!must!fight!terrorism!with!a!war!mentality!and!not!treat

potential!attackers!as!criminals.!!That!works!on!the! battlefield,!as!many!have!argued,! but!do

we!

want!

to!

define!

the!

United!

States!

itself!

as!

a!

battlefield,!

and!

endure!

a!

perpetual!

militarystate?

Remember,!too:!the!Defense!Department!withheld!intelligence!from!the!FBI.!!No!warrants

were!denied.!!The!warrants!were!not!requested.!!The!FBI!failed!to!act!on!repeated!pleas!from

its!field!agents,!agents!who!were!in!possession!of!laptop!that!contained!information!that

some!argue!might!have!prevented!9/11.

As!Rand!Paul!recently!said:!“These!are!not!failures!of!laws.!!They!are!not!failures!of

procedures.!!They!are!failures!of!imperfect!men!and!women!in! bloated! bureaucracies.!!No

amount!of!liberty!sacrificed!on!the!altar!of!the!state!will!ever!change!that.”

“We!should!not!have!to!sacrifice!our!Liberty!to! be!safe.!!We!cannot!allow!the!rules!to!change

to!fit!the!whims!of!those!in!power.!!The!rules,!the! binding!chains!of!our!constitution!were

written!so!that!it!didn’t!MATTER!who!was!in!power.!!In!fact,!they!were!written!to!protect!us

and!our!rights,!from!those!who!hold!power!without!good!intentions.!We!are!not!governed! by

saints!or!angels.!!Our!constitution!allows!for!that.”



Look,!I!hate!politicians!as!much!if!not!more!than!the!rest!of!you.!!But,!what!Rand!Paul!said

above,!is!true,!and!compelling.!!I!wanted!to!make!sure!I!properly!attributed!his!words!to!him,

but!I!wish!I!created!them!myself.

Imperfect!men!and!women!in!bloated!bureaucracies,!classic.!!Think!about!it:!FBI,!DOD,

SEC,!CFTC,!BMF![hattip,!Cheech!and!Chong!].!!Do!we!really!want!more!government

intrusion?

This! bill!also!has!a!nefarious,!far"reaching!grasp!over!ALL!OF!US:!the!detainee!provisions

imply!perpetual!war.!!Think!about!the!US!income!tax.!!It!was!originally! just!for!the!1%,!and

was!to! be!temporary.!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States#History!

This!new!law!WILL!NOT!BE!TEMPORARY!AT!ALL.!!There!is!no!objective!measure,!or

benchmarks!in!the!law!which!would!ever!terminate!the!conflict!with!al"Qaida,!Taliban,!orother!foreign!terrorist!organizations.!!There!is!no!provision!at!all!to!explicitly!or!implicitly

restrict!the!authorization!to!use!force.!!No!congressional!review!is!allowed!or!imagined.!!No

victory!is!defined.!!In!short,!there!is!no!definition!of!victory.!!How!convenient!

How!can!peace! be!possible!if!victory!is!made!impossible! by!definition?!!Permanent!conflict.!

War"mongering.!!Government!intrusion,!detention,!abolition!of!freedoms.!!It!is!all!there!in

black!and!white.

The!detainee!provisions!have!no!expiration.!!Is!that!not!all!one!needs!to!hear!to!have!the

proverbial!chill!run!down!one’s!spine?

Let’s!examine!this,!then,!in!a!not"too"terribly"scholarly!way,!okay,!and!see!if!we!can!do

something!about!it?

U.S.!Constitution!Bill!of!Rights!"!here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights!

Remember!long!ago,!in!eighth!grade,!studying!the!Constitution?!!Yeah,!that!tired!old

governing!document!that!has!managed!to!keep!this!country!going!for!over!200!years.!Remember!too!the! big!debate!among!the!early!Americans,!about! building!some!protections

into!the!Constitution?!!The!Bill!of!Rights!is!what!emerged,!and!importantly,!has!served!to

protect!Americans!from!tyranny,!like!that!which!was!practiced!upon!the!settlers,!and!which

the!founders!of!this!great!nation!determined!to!prohibit.![From!the!Preamble:!“THE!

Conventions!of!a!number!of!the!States,!having!at!the!time!of!their!adopting!the!Constitution,

expressed!a!desire,!in!order!to!prevent!misconstruction!or!abuse!of!its!powers,!that!further



declaratory!and!restrictive!clauses!should! be!added:!And!as!extending!the!ground!of!public

confidence!in!the!Government,!will! best!ensure!the! beneficent!ends!of!its!institution.”

here!"!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights!

The!list,!for!those!who!may!need!a!“refresher,”!so!to!speak!is!here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution!

1st!Amendment:!Protects!the!freedom!of!religion,!speech,!and!the!press,!as!well!as!the!right!to

assemble!and!petition!the!government;

2nd:!Protects!the!right!to! bear!arms;

3rd:!Prohibits!the!forced!quartering!of!soldiers!out!of!war!time;

4th:!Prohibits!unreasonable!searches!and!seizures!and!sets!out!requirements!for!search

warrants! based!on!probable!cause;

5th:!Sets!out!rules!for!indictment! by!grand! jury!and!eminent!domain,!protects!the!right!to!dueprocess,!and!prohibits!self"incrimination!and!double! jeopardy;

6th:!Protects!the!right!to!a!fair!and!speedy!public!trial! by! jury,!including!the!rights!to! be

notified!of!the!accusations,!to!confront!the!accuser,!to!obtain!witnesses!and!to!retain!counsel;

7th:!Provides!for!the!right!to!trial! by! jury!in!certain!civil!cases,!according!to!common!law![my

favorite,!a!Constitutional! job!description!for!me!!Yaaayyy!];

8th:!Prohibits!excessive!fines!and!excessive! bail,!as!well!as!cruel!and!unusual!punishment;

9th:!Asserts!the!existence!of!unenumerated!rights!retained! by!the!people;

10th:!Limits!the!powers!of!the!federal!government!to!those!delegated!to!it! by!the!Constitution.

These!were!extended!to!apply!to!the!States!in!the!1890#s! by!the!14th!Amendment.!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights!

So,!there!is!the! basic!protection!for!citizens,!against!the!tyranny!of!the!government.!!In

essence,!remember,!all!the!freedoms!are!inherent!in!individuals,!and!the!government!is

granted!LIMITED!powers,!expressly!set!forth!in!the!Constitution,!and!further!clarified!in!the

Bill!of!Rights.!!So,!the!federal!government!CANNOT!do!things!unless!the!Constitution!and

Bill!of!Rights!allows!it.

The!Patriot!Act:!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act!

Well,!that!seemed!to!work!for!quite!awhile,!until!there!was!this!little!thing!called!9/11.!!

Whether!one! believes!it!was!premeditated,!conspiratorial,!or!the!act!of!terrorists,!the!outcome

of!that!fateful!day!ushered!in!the!now!infamous!Patriot!Act.

“The!act,!a!response!to!the!terrorist!attacks!of!September!11th,!dramatically!reduced



restrictions!on!law!enforcement!agencies#!ability!to!search!telephone,!e"mail!communications,

medical,!financial,!and!other!records;!eased!restrictions!on!foreign!intelligence!gathering

within!the!United!States;!expanded!the!Secretary!of!the!Treasury’s!authority!to!regulate

financial!transactions,!particularly!those!involving!foreign!individuals!and!entities;!and

broadened!the!discretion!of!law!enforcement!and!immigration!authorities!in!detaining!and

deporting!immigrants!suspected!of!terrorism"related!acts.!The!act!also!expanded!the

definition!of!terrorism!to!include!domestic!terrorism,!thus!enlarging!the!number!of!activities

to!which!the!USA!PATRIOT!Act’s!expanded!law!enforcement!powers!can! be!applied.”!!From

here:!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act!

At!once,!Americans! began!to!lose!long"cherished!freedoms,!as!the!Patriot!Act! began!eroding

the!Bill!of!Rights.!!Great!law!review!article,!here:!

!http://www.wcl.american.edu/journal/lawrev/51/51"6.cfm!!

The!changes!were!all!about!“national!security,”!an!open"ended!power!grab! by!the!federalgovernment.!!

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/CAofUSAPA.html

A!wizard!legal!commentator!wrote!a!detailed!article!setting!forth!all!the!new!restrictions!on

freedoms.!!Look!at!all!the!new!expansions!of!federal!government!powers,!and!the!erosion!of

individual!freedoms:

Here!is!the!Table!of!Contents!to!the!in"depth!article:

The!Newly"Created!Legal!Framework

Centralization!of!Law!Enforcement!Powers!in!the! Justice!Department

CIA!Oversight!of!Domestic!Intelligence!Gathering

Expanding!the!Scope!of!“Terrorism”!and!“Domestic!Terrorism”

Disregard!of!the!Constitutional!Rights!of!Resident!Non"Citizens

The!First!Amendment!Rights!of!Free!Speech!and!Association

Prosecution!Under!the!Sedition!Act!of!1918Exclusion!of!Non"Citizens!Accused!of!“Endorsing”!Terrorism

“Gagging”!Businesses!Subjected!to!Federal!Searches

The!Attorney!General#s!View!of!Civil!Libertarians!Who!Oppose!Him

The!Fourth!Amendment!Freedom!from!Unreasonable!Search!and!Seizure

Expansion!of!Searches!Under!the!Foreign!Intelligence!Surveillance!Act



Sections!206!and!207:!Roving!FISA!Wiretaps

Sections!214!and!216:!FISA!Pen!Register!and!“Trap!and!Trace”!Orders

Section!215:!Business!Records!Seizures!Allowed!Under!FISA

Sections!201!and!202:!Expanding!the!Scope!of!the!Wiretap!Act

Section!203b:!Information!Disclosed!to!CIA!and!Other!Intelligence!Agencies

Sections!209!and!210:!Voice!Mail,!Internet,!and!Telephone!Monitoring

Section!213:!“Sneak!and!Peek”!Warrants

The!Fifth!Amendment!Right!to!Indictment!by!a!Grand!Jury

Ending!the!Historic!Secrecy!of!Grand! Juries

Elimination!of!the!Right!to!Indictment! by!Grand! Jury!for!Non"Citizens!Accused!of

“Terrorism”

The!Sixth!Amendment!Right!to!Counsel

Monitoring!Attorney"Client!ConversationsRefusing!Suspects!Access!to!Counsel!and!Discouraging!Detainees!from!Obtaining!Legal

Counsel

Military!Tribunals:!The!Sixth!Amendment!Right!to!Trial! by! Jury!

The!Fifth!Amendment!Right!to!Due!Process!of!Law

Section!412:!Indefinite!Detention!of!Non"Citizens!Without!Due!Process

Section!106:!Seizure!of!Assets!Without!Due!Process

The!Constitutional!Right!to!Privacy

Sections!355!and!356:!Monitoring!and!Reporting!on!Citizen!Financial!Transactions

Section!358:!Amending!the!Federal!Privacy!Statute!to!Allow!Disclosure!of!Banking!Records

for!“Financial!Analysis”

Section!507:!Required!Disclosure!of!Educational!Records

Building!Biometric!Databases!of!Citizens

Conclusion!

Go!dig!in,!and!dig!deep.!!The!groundwork!for!removing!freedoms! began!long!ago,!as!this

article!notes.!!Is!anyone!starting!to!get!a!little!concerned,!that!the!powers!of!the!federalgovernment!have!taken!on!a!more!sinister!tone?!!

Indefinite!detentions!of!non"citizens!without!due!process?!!Seizure!of!assets!without!due

process?!!Say!what?

For!those!of!you!who!need!a! brief!refresher!on!“Due!Process,”!let!me!help,! briefly.!!Due



Process!means!that!the!government!CANNOT! just!imprison!you,!or!take!your!stuff,!without

first!following!the!rule!of!law.!!Here:!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process!

For!example,!if!you!get!a!speeding!ticket,!you!get!the!chance!to!go!to!court!and!prove!your

case.!!If!you!are!arrested,!you!are!supposed!to! be!charged!with!a!crime,!and!promptly

brought! before!a! judge.!!There!are!procedural!steps!that!the!government!must!take,! before

depriving!you!of!property!or!liberty.!!These!are!the!hallmarks!of!the!American!way.!!Despite

the!Bill!of!Rights!guarantee!of!all!sorts!of!protections,!the!Patriot!Act!simply!strips!them

away.!!Now!this!new!law!will!further!erode!the!freedoms.!!Are!you!starting!to!get!it?

The!New!National!Defense!Authorization!Act

The!current!state!of!this!pending!law!is!here:!

http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/ndaa"home?p=ndaa!

What!is!the! big!uproar?!!The!law!is!a!massive,!unconstitutional!power!grab:!it!allows

military!detention!of!American!citizens,!without!trial!and!indefinitely.!!

Did!you!read!that?!!Military!detention!of!American!citizens,!without!trial,!indefinitely.

Can!you!envision!the!scenario:!1:00!a.m.,!Anytown,!USA.!!Fifteen!or!twenty

military/police/swat/revenue!agent/dog!catcher/meter!maids,!heavily!armed,!wearing! black

uniforms! bearing!the!Department!of!Homeland!Terrorist!Prevention![DHATIP]!logo,!storm

Joe!Citizen’s!suburban!home,!confiscate!his!computers,!safes,!firearms,!and!precious!metals,

and!haul! Joe!to!an!undisclosed!detention!facility.!!A!spokesman!for!DHATIP!states!that! Joe!is

a!domestic!terrorist,! because!he!was!found!to!have!posted!comments!on!zerohedge,!and!the

uber"radical!TF!Metals!Report! blog.!! Joe!threatened!and!advocated!the!overthrow!of!the!US

Government! by!advising!citizens!to!withdraw!fiat!currency!out!of!the!too! big!too!fail! banking

system,!and!acquire!physical!silver!and!gold.!!Such!comments!are!illegal!terrorist!threats,

which!comments!urge!the!downfall!of!the!US! banking!system.!!As!was!recently!enacted! by

the!Defense!Authorization!Bill,!Chairman!Bernanke!promulgated!rules!prohibiting!the

withdrawal!of!fiat!from!any! banking!institution,!and!also!prohibited!possession!of!physical

silver!and!gold.!! Joe!is! being!held!indefinitely!in!a!secure!facility!pending!further

investigation.

Think!that!is!too!far"fetched?

If!you!want!to!read!article!after!article,!go!here!for!a!google!news!search,!and!get!into!as!much

details!as!you!want.!!google!news!search:!here:!

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&btnmeta_news_search=1&q=nation



al+defense+authorization+act&oq=national+defense+authorization+act&aq=f&aqi=d1d "o1&aq

l=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1078l8822l0l8964l34l32l0l23l23l2l229l1630l0.7.2l9l0 !

Freedom!is!disappearing.!!Plenty!of!legal!heavyweights!have!sounded!off!about!the!very!real

dangers!this!law!poses.!!Some!great!articles!are!here:

http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/12/05/defense"authorization" bill"still"savages"the"const

itution/!

Rand!Paul,!a!lone! beacon,!has!weighed!in,!go!listen,!or!read!the!transcript,!embedded!here:

http://www.louisville.com/content/sen"rand"paul"fights"against"martial"law"legislation"arena

Rand!Paul!said:!“Th[is]!legislation!would!arm!the!military!with!the!authority!to!detain

indefinitely!–!without!due!process!or!trial!–!suspected!al"Qaida!sympathizers,!including

American!citizens!apprehended!on!American!soil.!!I!want!to!repeat!that.!We!are!talking!about

people!who!are!merely!SUSPECTED!of!a!crime.!And!we!are!talking!about!American!citizens.If!these!provisions!pass,!we!could!see!American!citizens! being!sent!to!Guantanamo!Bay.!!This

should! be!alarming!to!everyone!watching!this!proceeding!today.!Because!it!puts!every!single

American!citizen!at!risk.”

Note!how!there!was!less!debate!about!this!dramatic!theft!of!freedoms,!than!the!circus"show

that!surrounded!the!increase!of!the!debt!ceiling?!!The!federal!government!is!expanding!out!of

control,!and!our!way!of!life!is!fading!away.

Look!at!the!legalese!and!mumbo! jumbo!which!allows!for!further,!warrantless!detention!and

imprisonment.!!Comparing!the!two!versions!of!the!Bill,!that!from!prior!to!passage!and!that

which!was!amended!and!ultimately!passed!the!Senate,!shows!that!the!measure!still!seems!to

apply!to!American!citizens!rather!than!exempting!them!as!Levin!claims.

In!its!original!form,!the!Bill!specified!that!“The!requirement!to!detain!a!person!in!military

custody!under!this!section!does!not!extend!to!citizens!of!the!United!States.”

However,!though!the!language!may!not!“require”!military!detention!of!American!civilians

without!trial,!it!does!not!rule!it!out!of! bounds!either.

This!language!was!added:!“Nothing!in!this!section!shall! be!construed!to!affect!existing!law!or

authorities,!relating!to!the!detention!of!United!States!citizens,!lawful!resident!aliens!of!the

United!States!or!any!other!persons!who!are!captured!or!arrested!in!the!United!States.”!!But,

ask!yourself,!“Would!this!language!provide!any!protection!to!an!American!citizen?”

As!some!have!noted:!“This! bill!puts!military!detention!authority!on!steroids!and!makes!it



permanent!.!.!.!.!!If!it! becomes!law,!American!citizens!and!others!are!at!real!risk!of! being

locked!away! by!the!military!without!charge!or!trial.”

Some!courageous!people!have!taken!a!stand.!!Senator!Mike!Lee!of!Utah,!a!Republican,!did

vote!against!the!measure.!!A!“person!can’t! be!held!and!tried!for!a!crime!without!having

counsel!made!available!to!them,!and!without!the!opportunity!for!a!speedy!trial!in!front!of!a

jury!of!the!peers!of!the!accused.,”!Lee!said!in!a!statement.!“We!can!scarce!afford!as

Americans!to!surrender!these!fundamental!civil!liberties!for!which!wars!have! been!fought,

for!which!the!founding!era,!the!founding!generation!fought!so!nobly!against!our!mother

country!to!establish!and!thereafter!to!protect.”

Continuing!his!remarks,!Senator!Lee!said:!“We!have!to!support!these!and!I!think!at!a! bare

minimum!that!means!that!we!won’t!allow!U.!S.!military!personnel!to!arrest!and!indefinitely

detain!U.S.!citizens!regardless!of!what!label!we!happen!to!apply!to!them.!These!people!as

U.S.!citizens!are!entitled!to!a!grand! jury!indictment!to!the!extent!they’re! being!held!for!aninfamous!crime,!they’re!also!entitled!to!a! jury!trial!in!front!of!their!peers!and!to!counsel.”

Senator!Lee!was!one!of!seven!Senators!who!stood!up!for!the!Bill!of!Rights!and!the!freedoms

of!all!Americans! by!voting!against!S.1867.!!The!others!were!Senator!Tom!Coburn!(R"OK),

Senator!Tom!Harkin!(D"IA),!Senator! Jeff!Merkley!(D"OR),!Senator!Rand!Paul!(R"KY),!Senator

Bernie!Sanders!(I"VT),!and!Senator!Ron!Wyden!(D"OR).

In!his!explanation!for!why!he!voted!against!the!Bill,!Senator!Wyden!said:!

“The!Obama!Administration!has!said!that!passing!this! bill!‘would! be!inconsistent!with!the

fundamental!American!principle!that!our!military!does!not!patrol!our!streets,’”!Wyden

noted.!“I!agree!with!the!Administration’s!assessment!of!this! bill,!and!I!hope!the!President!will

follow!through!on!his!threat!to!veto!it.”!

Other!commentators!agree.!!Here!is! John!Whitehead,!again,!a!real!patriot.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john"w"whitehead/defense" bill"2012_b_1129847.html!!

“America#s!so"called!war!on!terror,!which!it!has!relentlessly!pursued!for!the!past!ten!years,has!forever!altered!the!political!and!legal!landscape!of!our!country.!!It!has!chipped!away!at

our!freedoms!and!is!unraveling!our!Constitution.!!Even!now,!with!Osama! bin!Laden!having

been!killed!and!al!Qaeda!dismantled! by!a!series!of!high"profile!assassinations,!the!war!hawks

continue!to!rattle!their!sabers.!!Yet!while!more!and!more!Americans! join!the!call!for!a

de"escalation!of!military!actions!abroad,!those!clamoring!for!war!have!turned!their!focus

inwards.!!As!Senator!Lindsay!Graham!recently!remarked!as!an!explanation!for!his!support!of



legislation!allowing!for!the!indefinite!detention!of!Americans,!$Is!the!homeland!the

battlefield?!!You! better! believe!it!is!the! battlefield.$!!Whose!side!is!he!on?!!See!how!labels!lead

to!loss!of!freedoms.!!It!matters!not!whether!one!is!labeled!a!democrat,!or!republican.!!The

issue!is!loss!of!liberty,!and!your!favorite!politician!does!not!have!your!interests!at!heart.

America!has!indeed! become!the!new! battleground!in!the!war!on!terror.!!In!light!of!this,!you

can!rest!assured!that!there!will! be!no!restoration!of!the!civil!liberties! jeopardized! by!the!USA

Patriot!Act!and!other!equally!subversive!legislation.!!Instead,!those!in!power!will!continue!to

sanction!ongoing!violations!of!our!rights,!relying!on! bureaucratic!legalese!to!sidestep!any

concerns!that!might! be!raised.!!The!National!Defense!Authorization!Act!of!2012,!which!was

passed! by!the!Senate!with!a!vote!of!93!"!7,!is!a!perfect!example!of!this.!Contained!within!this

massive!defense! bill!is!a!provision!crafted! by!Democrat!Charles!Levin!and!Republican! John

McCain!which!mandates!that!anyone!suspected!of!terrorism!against!the!United!States! be!held

in!military!custody!indefinitely.!!This!provision!extends!to!American!citizens!on!American

territory.!The! bill!also!renews!the!Authorization!to!Use!Military!Force!(AUMF)!which!waspassed!in!2001,!shortly!after!the!9/11!attacks.!!In!addition!to!renewing!the!AUMF,!it!extends

its!provisions!to!include!military!action!against!those!who!$substantially!support$!al!Qaeda,

the!Taliban!or!$associated!forces.$!And!to!cap!it!off,!the! bill!enhances!restrictions!against

transferring!detainees! being!held!in!Guantanamo!Bay!to!the!continental!United!States.

Taken!collectively,!these!provisions!reorient!our!legal!landscape!in!such!a!way!as!to!ensure

that!martial!law,!rather!than!the!rule!of!law!""!our!U.S.!Constitution,! becomes!the!map! by

which!we!navigate!life!in!the!United!States.!In!short,!this!defense!bill!not!only!decimates

the!due!process!of!law!and!habeas!corpus!for!anyone!perceived!to!be!an!enemy!of!the

United!States,!but!it!radically!expands!the!definition!of!who!may!be!considered!the

legitimate!target!of!military!action.!!If!signed!into!law! by!President!Obama,!this! bill!will!not

only!ensure!that!we!remain!in!a!perpetual!state!of!war!""!with!this! being!a!war!against!the

American!people!""! but!it!will!also!institute!de!facto!martial!law!in!the!United!States.!

Although!the!1878!Posse!Comitatus!Act!placed!strong!restrictions!on!how!and!when!the!U.S.

military!may! be!used!on!American!soil,!the!language!of!this! bill!supersedes!Posse!Comitatus,

empowering!the!president!to!unilaterally!impose!martial!law!at!any!time!of!his!choosing.

This!legislation!signals!the!end!of!the!rule!of!law!in!America.”

So,!why!is!this!being!foisted!upon!us,!now?!!Why!are!there!provisions!for!institution!ofmartial!law?!!Existing!laws!and!government!procedures!already!address!all!contingencies!for

handling!any!actual!enemies!of!the!United!States.!

The!judicial!branch!is!no!friend!of!the!individual!citizen,!either.!!The!courts!have!all!ruled!

that!it#s!a!prerogative!of!the!president,!not!the! judiciary,!to!determine!how!enemies!of!the

United!States!will! be!treated!in!custody!and!what!type!of!trial!they!will!receive,!if!any.



Look!what!Congress!has!done!to!erode!freedoms,!in! just!the!past!decade:

"the!invasion!of!Iraq!with!only!the!flimsiest,!and!now!discredited!evidentiary! basis;

"the!use!of!waterboarding!against!detainees!at!Guantanamo!Bay;

"the!torturing!of!prisoners!at!Abu!Ghraib;

"the!installation!of! body!scanners!in!American!airports!and!unconstitutional!searches;!and!

"the!authorization!of!government!agencies!spying!on!Americans.

If!the!bill!is!signed!into!law!as!it!currently!exists,!anyone!(including!Americans)!in!any

part!of!the!world!(including!the!United!States)!who!is!#suspected#!of!terrorism!may!be

detained!indefinitely!and!without!trial!by!the!United!States!military.!

How!can!we!stop!this! juggernaut?

The!defense! bill!has!passed!the!Senate,! but!must!still! be!reconciled!with!the!House!of

Representatives#!version.!!There!is!a!possibility!that!the!offending!provisions!could! be

deleted,!or!that!Obama!will!veto!the! bill.!!

Get!on!the!phone,!email,!fax,!and!get!your!elected!official!to!hear!your!outcry!

Or!else,!don’t! be!those!that!complain!when!the!government!agents!come!knocking!in!the

dead!of!night.!

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