Important FWD by Jim Williams/ACLU "Alarm/Alert"

Hello, I am no lawyer, I don't even play one on tv. But there are a number of very disturbing provisions in this act.  From my reading:
It repeals the Posse Comitatus Act.  The Posse Comitatus Act was enacted to ban the use of the US Army in law enforcement. It was passed after the government used the Army to break the 1877 railroad strike.

 

It allows the Army to arrest American citizens anywhere in the world--including the US. 

 

It would ipso facto (that's a lawyer term) allow things like the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. 

 

Jim Williams 


Indefinite Detention, Endless Worldwide War and the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act
December 5, 2011
As Congress considers the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2012 fiscal year, a handful of senators have turned the bill into a vehicle for dangerous provisions that would authorize the president - and all future presidents - to order the military to pick up and imprison people, including U.S. citizens, without charging them or putting them on trial.
Earlier this year, the House passed its own version of the bill, with an even smaller group of members pushing for inclusion of a provision that would authorize worldwide war, and worldwide imprisonment, in virtually any country where a terrorism suspect lives, even here in America itself.
Now, both houses of Congress are now rushing to come up with a joint version and rush it through Congress within the next week or two. The "Big Four" leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services Committee are huddling behind closed doors and may very well spring a new bill on Congress, once again without so much as a hearing. Contact your members of Congress right now >>
The president isn't the one asking for this legislation - in fact, the White House has repeatedly threatened to veto the bill over its concern for indefinite detention provisions. And, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the FBI and the head of the Justice Department's National Security Division have all said that the indefinite detention provisions in the NDAA are harmful and counterproductive.
The provisions - which were negotiated by a small group of members of Congress, in secret, and without proper congressional review - are inconsistent with fundamental American values embodied in the Constitution. Fundamental American values and fundamental freedoms are on the line.
The ACLU is urging Congress to vote against any and all efforts to send indefinite detention legislation or unlimited worldwide war authority to the White House. And, if it gets that far, President Obama should follow through on his threat to veto the bill.
Please contact your members of Congress immediately. Congress needs to continue hearing from Americans who are outraged by this proposal. Final action on this bill could come at any moment. Whether you've acted on this issue before or not, we need you to speak up now.
Contact your members of Congress right now >>
Read more about the NDAA on the ACLU's Blog of Rights
In the News: 
  a.. The New York Times, The Loyal Opposition: "President Obama: Veto the Defense Authorization Act" (November 30, 2011) 
  b.. National Public Radio: "Senate Passes Controversial Defense Bill" (December 2, 2011)
Published on American Civil Liberties Union (http://www.aclu.org)
Source URL: http://www.aclu.org/indefinite-detention-endless-worldwide-war-and-2012-national-defense-authorization-act


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