Congress Uses School Massacre Hysteria as Distraction to Restore Indefinite Detention for Americans
December 20th, 2012Via: Huffington Post:
Congress stripped a provision Tuesday from a defense bill that aimed to shield Americans from the possibility of being imprisoned indefinitely without trial by the military. The provision was replaced with a passage that appears to give citizens little protection from indefinite detention.
The amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 was added by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), but there was no similar language in the version of the bill that passed the House, and it was dumped from the final bill released Tuesday after a conference committee from both chambers worked out a unified measure.
It declared that “An authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States apprehended in the United States, unless an Act of Congress expressly authorizes such detention.”
The provision sparked a heated debate in the Senate, but ultimately passed by a wide majority with both supporters and opponents of U.S. terrorist detention practices voting for it, citing differing interpretations. Feinstein offered the amendment to clarify a part of the 2012 NDAA that for the first time codified the ability of the military and White House to detain terrorism suspects.
The Feinstein amendment never shielded Americans from NDAA provisions. It only appeared to do so:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/05/feinstein-amendment-ndaa-assault-constitutional-rights?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fcommentisfree%2Frss+(Comment+is+free)
Therefore, the stripping of the (meaningless) amendment from the bill is more pure political theatre.
“Sandy Hook Massacre: Unfathomable Evil”
“I have a suggestion to make to anyone unlucky enough to read this.
“There is strong enough evidence to suspect that the official story about the Sandy Hook massacre is bogus. There is strong enough evidence to suggest that there was more than one ‘shooter’ involved, and as such, the most plausible explanation is that the massacre was actually carried out by a ‘team’ (as noted by Niall Bradley in his recent article on Sott.net)”.
Balance of article at http://joequinn.net/2012/12/21/sandy-hook-massacre-unfathomable-evil/
Balance of Bradley article at http://www.sott.net/article/254873-Sandy-Hook-massacre-Official-story-spins-out-of-control