posted December 26, 2012 06:56 PM            

Dec. 21, 2012; by Matt Sledge

www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/ndaa-indefinite-detention-bill-rand-paul_n_2 347774.html

"The Senate passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that was stripped of a prohibition of the indefinite military detention of US citizens on American soil by an 81-14 vote on Friday, but only after a furious dissent on the chamber's floor by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who called it an 'abomination.'"
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"The NDAA is a reauthorization of the large budget bill that sets the budget for a wide range of military activities, but it has proven most controversial for a provision that critics say would allow the military to abuse its detention powers to lock Americans away on the mere suspicion of support for terrorist groups.

"In November, a bipartisan group of Senators affixed an amendment to the NDAA that would have explicitly prohibited the military from detaining American citizens on US soil. But earlier this week, a House-Senate conference committee led by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) stripped away that measure.

"'We had protection in this bill. We passed an amendment that specifically said if you were an American citizen or here legally in the country, you would get a trial by jury,' Paul said. 'It's been removed because they want the ability to hold American citizens without trial in our country. This is so fundamentally wrong and goes against everything we stand for as a country that it can't go unnoticed.'

"Paul, a libertarian Republican, voiced his opposition to the conference committee's move in strong terms and urged his colleagues to vote against the bill.

"'When you're accused of a crime in our country you get a trial, you get a trial by a jury of your peers, no matter how heinous your crime is, no matter how awful you are, we give you a trial,' he said. 'This bill takes away that right and says that if someone thinks you're dangerous, we will hold you without a trial. It's an abomination.'

"Citing past examples of injustice in America, including the military internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II, Paul asked, 'will America only begin to regret our loss of trial by jury when the people have names like Smith and Jones?'

"He also pointed out the open-ended nature of the so-called 'war on terror,' which has now gone on for more than 11 years and shows no sign of letting up, even after the killing of Osama bin Laden. 'When will your rights be restored if the battle has no end, and the battlefield is limitless, and the war is endless?' Paul asked."

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posted December 28, 2012 05:28 AM            

This act would not affect the ordinary people, it is designed to attack the extraordinary and courageous liberals who dare to lead protests, invent for public good etc.

All such Individuals must think about relocation to Ecuador, Switzerland, Monte Carlo or New Zealand. These countries would not extradite an American Scientist/Inventor/Thinker. Such individuals must use Linux based Computer Systems because one strategy in declaring them to be dangerous is to deliberately install terror content [or child porn] in their hard-disks. This way, they get arrested before contacting their Lawyer or a Jury and can be held like Bradley Manning.