Government feeds on America’s obsession with patriotism and fears of terrorism. In doing so, they abandon constitutionally protected rights and freedoms. NDAA’s section on counterterrorism does just that. But there are challenges to that law.
On New Year’s Eve, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 (NDAA).
It is important legislation. But sections 1021 and 1022, titled “Counterterrorism,” gives the government frightening powers that are unconstitutional, outrageous, and dangerous. The Act appropriates Pentagon spending for 2012 that includes a pay raise for the Armed Forces. However, Congress amended the legislation to include changes in the law that leaders felt were necessary to combat counterterrorism. Those changes ominously allow military detention of American citizens without trial and the use of military force on U.S. soil.
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