Daily Archive: December 10, 2011

Dec
10
2011

Congress OKs Indefinite Military Detention for Americans

From the ACLU:

Behind Closed Doors: Congress Trying to Force Indefinite Detention Bill on Americans

…The Senate voted last Thursday to pass S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would authorize the president to send the military literally anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial. Prison based on suspicion alone. The power is so sweeping that the president would be able to direct the military to use its powers within the United States itself, and even lock up American citizens without charge or trial.

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