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"One provision would authorize the military to indefinitely detain without charge people suspected of involvement with terrorism, including United States citizens apprehended on American soil. Due process would be a thing of the past...""A second provision would mandate military custody for most terrorism suspects. It would force on the military responsibilities it hasn't sought....for domestic law enforcement...."
"A third provision would further extend a ban on transfers from Guantanamo, ensuring that this morally and financially expensive symbol of detainee abuse will remain open well into the future."
Other military, security, and former government officials also expressed opposition.
This law will deny US citizens due process and judicial fairness. It will let military forces become law enforcers. It will make America a police state. It will abolish constitutional freedoms besides others already lost.
This "arbitrary, open-ended dictatorial White House mandate was never subjected to even a House or Senate Committee hearing....It was rammed through by the House and Senate Armed Services Committees without the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees invoking their concurrent jurisdiction for public hearings."
As president, Obama's done the impossible. He's governed worse than his fiercest critics feared, worse than Bush on domestic and foreign policies.
This law furthers destroy American freedom. Obama's support and moral cowardice assures it.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed.
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