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In one of the least surprising developments imaginable, President Obama – after spending months threatening to veto the Levin/McCain detention bill – yesterday announced that he would instead sign it into law (this is the same individual, of course, who unequivocally vowed when seeking the Democratic nomination to support a filibuster of “any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecom[s],” only to turn around – once he had the nomination secure — and not only vote against such a filibuster, but to vote in favor of the underlying bill itself, so this is perfectly consistent with his past conduct).
As a result, the final version of the Levin/McCain bill will be enshrined as law this week as part of the the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). I wrote about the primary provisions and implications of this bill last week, and won’t repeat those points here. Three myths about the detention bill. Condemnation of President Obama is intense, and growing, as a result of his announced intent to sign into law the indefinite detention bill embedded in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
These denunciations come not only from the nation’s leading civil liberties and human rights groups, but also from the pro-Obama New York Times Editorial Page, which today has a scathing Editorial describing Obama’s stance as “a complete political cave-in, one that reinforces the impression of a fumbling presidency” and lamenting that “the bill has so many other objectionable aspects that we can’t go into them all,” as well as from vocal Obama supporters such as Andrew Sullivan, who wrote yesterday that this episode is “another sign that his campaign pledge to be vigilant about civil liberties in the war on terror was a lie.” Metanoia. Psywar - Full Documentary. Ivy Lee. Ivy Lee Ivy Ledbetter Lee (July 16, 1877 – November 9, 1934) is considered by some to be the founder of modern public relations.
The term Public Relations is to be found for the first time in the preface of the 1897 Yearbook of Railway Literature. Early life and career[edit] Psywar. Walter Lippmann. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Lippmann was a journalist, a media critic and an amateur philosopher who tried to reconcile the tensions between liberty and democracy in a complex and modern world, as in his 1920 book Liberty and the News.
Lifting the Veil. UCTV: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful with Glenn Greenwald (Conversations with History) The tyranny of tiny minds and big money. Four years ago, Sen.
Barack Obama, candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, began to draw into focus a meme that for many of us defined what was different about his campaign, and what made his election critical. As he said in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 26, 2008, Snapshots of Washington’s essence. Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing. Assassinations, Spying and The Constitution: ACLU President Susan Herman Talks Big Govt and Liberty. Arrested Development - One-Way Train to Gitmo - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 12/07. Indefinite Detention of American Citizens: Coming Soon to Battlefield U.S.A. Daniel Ellsberg: Have you told Congress NO... How Congress is Signing its own Arrest Warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest bill.
I never thought I would have to write this: but—incredibly—Congress has now passed the National Defense Appropriations Act , with Amendment 1031, which allows for the military detention of American citizens. House, Senate Negotiators Agree On $662 Billion Defense Bill. WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators late Monday agreed to a sweeping $662 billion defense bill that requires military custody for terrorism suspects linked to al-Qaida, including those captured within the U.S., and indefinite detention without trial for some suspects.
President Barack Obama and his national security team had appealed to lawmakers for last-minute changes to the bill to give the executive branch greater flexibility on whether to treat suspected terrorists as prisoners of war or criminals. Facing a White House veto threat, leaders of the Armed Services Committees said they had added language on national security waivers and other slight revisions that they hoped would ensure administration support.
"We took significant steps to address the administration's concerns," Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the top Democrat on the House panel, told reporters at a news conference. Reposting THIS. Great reporting. Proof Obama will sign NDAA 1031 Citizen Imprisonment Law in a few days. Defense bill's detention details draw detractors - Video on mnsbc.com. House-Senate Revise Indefinite Detention Bill in Bid to Avoid White House Veto, But Fears Remain. AMY GOODMAN: The House is expected to vote today on a massive $662 billion defense bill that would usher in a radical expansion of indefinite detention under the U.S. government.
A provision in the National Defense Authorization Act would authorize the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. The measure would effectively extend the definition of what’s considered the U.S. military’s battlefield to anywhere in the world, including the United States. Its authors, Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan and Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, have been campaigning for its passage in a bipartisan effort. But the White House has issued a veto threat, with backing from top officials including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Obama's veto tegen strenge 'Guantánamo-wet' blijft uit - Buitenland. Redactie − 15/12/11, 10:28 © afp.
Camp Delta, Guantánamo Bay. Operation Blackout. Anonymous - Operation Blackout. Anonymous - #OpB: AMERICA IS IN DANGER! ACLU statement on Obama's signing of NDAA. Feed The Stream 15/12/11 - NDAA causes a stir in the U.S. Hongaarse democratie in gevaar. De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep maakt gebruik van cookies.
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