California Governor Signs Law Banning NDAA Detentions. California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law banning the federal government from indefinitely detaining the state’s residents under the National Defense Authorization Act or any other federal law. RELATED: New NDAA Keeps Indefinite Detention, Blocks Guantanamo Closure The $633 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2013, which funds the military, maintained the controversial sections 1021 and 1022 from the previous year’s bill that give the military unprecedented power to seize suspected terrorists anywhere in the world, including American citizens on U.S. soil, and keep them locked up indefinitely without charge or trial.
The bill gives the president and future presidents the unfettered authority to wage war against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and “associated forces,” without defining what those might be. The controversial NDAA has generated various lawsuits by Americans who fear detention as dissidents. Daniel Ellsberg says Obama should be impeached over NDAA. J. D. Heyes Natural News Feb 18, 2013 These days, political historians are about the only ones who know who Daniel Ellsberg is. That’s because his heyday, so to speak, took place more than 40 years ago. For those who are not familiar with Ellsberg, he became famous during the nation’s most tumultuous time in recent memory: The waning days of the Vietnam war, in the early 1970s, when the nation was tearing itself apart socially, culturally and politically.
Ellsberg, you see, was once the country’s most famous whistleblower. What did Ellsberg do? Now, Ellsberg is once again seeking to hold the government to account for what he believes (and we believe) is a grave miscarriage of justice. History of tyrannical legislation A d v e r t i s e m e n t A federal judge, Katherine Forrest of the Southern District of New York, has already struck down the indefinite detention provision, ruling that it most likely violates the First and Fifth Amendments. Ellsberg begs to differ. An impeachable offense.
What Led Chris Dorner to Go Off the Edge: Workplace Abuse, Racism, and Unfair Firing. February 21, 2013 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. This article first appeared at Not Safe for Work Corporation. In the days after his lethal rebellion and violent death, Christopher Dorner has become many things to many different people: a one-man Alamo hero who died fighting the police state; a crazy black man who started murdering cops because that’s what crazy black men do; or a symbol of government oppression and the militarization of America’s police forces.
For some conspiracy theorists, Dorner even became a Manchurian candidate in an elaborate Big Brother plot to sow chaos and fear, so that Government Marxists could fill America’s skies with armed drones, assassinating gun-owners and freedom-lovers at will. But all this focus on Dorner’s spectacular ending has obscured the real story about what sent Chris Dorner over the edge: workplace abuse, racial discrimination, and a legitimate claim of wrongful termination. Raytheon releases One Force Mobile Collaboration app for first responders. PARIS, Jan. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (RTN) and the French Air Force completed a demonstration of a penetrator variant of a Paveway™ GBU-50 from a Mirage 2000D multirole fighter jet. The weapon met all flight objectives and scored a direct hit against a reinforced concrete slab.
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Offering a range of smart fuze settings from air burst to post impact, along with selectable terminal impact angles and angle of attack control, the GBU-50 takes the capabilities of both the MK-84 and BLU-109 to a new level. Media ContactHolly Caldwell+1.520.665.7608 rmspr@raytheon.com. Did Chris Dorner Really Burn To Death In That Cabin? Excerpted: The Atlantic Wire After stealing a truck and exchanging fire with a small phalanx of police, feared fugitive Chris Dorner disappeared into a cabin in the woods, never to be seen again. Within minutes, the cabin was engulfed in flames. A new sighting of fugitive ex-cop Chris Dorner along California’s highway 38 in Big Bear, California stirred police into action early Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Times reports that a suspect resembling Chris Dorner broke into a house, tied up a couple and stole their white pickup truck stolen around 12:20 p.m. local time. The Times and AP reported that Dorner engaged in a shootout with fish and game officials some time after that and fled to a cabin in the woods. A stretch of the highway was now closed while authorities continue searching for Dorner. Two officers were hit in the fire fight, one of them fatally, and it was quiet for a few minutes. However, is this how the story really ends?? Excerpted: Littlebytesnews Current Events Who set the fire? Dorner manhunt: 'Hot gas' that burned cabin was last resort. SWAT officers in the cabin standoff with murder suspect Christopher Dorner decided to use highly flammable "hot gas" canisters as a last resort after other efforts to persuade Dorner to surrender failed, according to law enforcement sources. Officers made the decision to use the canisters, which caused the cabin to catch fire, Tuesday as the sun was setting and authorities worried about dealing with Dorner at night in the remote Big Bear area, said the sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
Dorner had continued to fire on officers, and they feared more deputies would be hurt or killed, they added. Authorities had chased Dorner into the cabin on Seven Oaks Road on Tuesday afternoon amid a massive gun battle in which one San Bernardino County deputy was killed and another badly wounded. PHOTOS: Manhunt for ex-LAPD officer San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said deputies did not purposely burn down the cabin. White House releases photo of Obama shooting skeet. Martial Law - National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867) DNC Chairwoman doesn't know about President Obama kill list, NDAA. Denver - Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), was unaware that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and President Barack Obama's "kill list" existed.
This is why she would only take "serious questions. " Do the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a secret “kill list” that the president maintains actually exist? Well, the NDAA has been reported on throughout the year and actually signed into law on New Year’s Eve and information about the kill list was published in a 6,600-word article in the New York Times. We Are Change (WRC) attempted to catch up with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic Florida Congresswoman and Chair of the DNC, to get her thoughts about the two political topics, but she refused to engage any further. Read more... Vodkapundit » Nullification Acts Against NDAA. By Stephen Green November 13th, 2012 - 9:45 am We’ve been down this road before, and it ended badly: Texas State Representative Lyle Larson introduced House Bill 149 (HB149), the Texas Liberty Preservation Act.
This might be the strongest anti-NDAA bill introduced yet. Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. It also, like Virginia’s law, requires full noncompliance with the federal act: It is the policy of this state to refuse to provide material support for or to participate in any way with the implementation within this state of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. But, the Texas legislation takes it a step further, codifying into State law criminal penalties for violation of the act by even federal agents. Of course, in the 1830s, the issue was tariffs which the North saw as beneficial to industry, and the South saw as harming the slave cotton economy.
How the NDAA Directly Threatens Average Americans, and How You Can Take Action Now « Amber Lyon. The NDAA turns the U.S. government into a dictatorship, the U.S. military into ‘secret police’ Journalists rarely take a vocal stand against legislation in order to remain objective, but sometimes new laws are such an egregious assault on our basic rights to democracy and freedom that we have a duty to speak up. This is the case with the National Defense Authorization Act, a relatively new law that gives the U.S. military the power to detain anyone without trial indefinitely, further criminalizing dissent and investigative journalism in the United States.
What does the NDAA do? The NDAA Section 1021 gives the federal government the power to behave like dictators and arrest any American citizen, or anyone for that matter, without warrant and indefinitely detain them in offshore prisons without charge and keep them there until “the end of hostilities.” The American Civil Liberties Union, calls the law a “catastrophic blow to civil liberties”.
You do need to worry. We are all ‘terrorists’ NDAA: Liberty Preservation Act. This legislative package is a state and local-level response to constitutional violations by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (and other so-called federal “laws”) – primarily provisions that authorize indefinite detention. Activists, we encourage you to take action now.
Work to get legislation passed in your city, town, county and state level today. TRACK THE PROGRESS of the Liberty Preservation Act across the country here: STATE: Model legislation for introduction on a state-level to reject indefinite detention. LOCAL: Model Ordinance for introduction on a local level – city, county, town. You should start with whatever local government you feel you can have the most effect, then move on to the next. i.e. Liberty Preservation Act The people of the State of (STATE) do enact as follows: (A) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) The (STATE) Constitution. ^back to top Local Liberty Preservation Ordinance A. Kucinich: Throw out the NDAA, End the Wars and Start Nation Building at Home | Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich. Washington D.C. (December 13, 2012) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement on the NDAA: “Today, this House will send the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to conference.
Contrary to its title, the bill does not provide for the protection of the American people. It expands war. “The legislation also includes additional sanctions against Iran despite numerous reports that our sanctions are affecting the ability of ordinary Iranians to obtain medicine and offer basic goods. “This legislation also perpetuates the myth that we are ending the war in Afghanistan. “Finally, this legislation continues financing our bloated Pentagon. “The cost to maintain these bases is billions of dollars. “The Pentagon is expanding their spy agency. “And for what? “I say it’s time we pay attention to the defense of the American people’s pocketbooks - The defense of the dignity of the American people - The defense of the moral authority of the United States. Lest we forget: Unravelling #TrapWire: The CIA-Connected Global Suspicious Activity Surveillance System. : _RepDanGordon.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Guaranteeing Due Process for Citizens and Lawful Residents. Earlier this month, the Senate overwhelmingly passed (on a 67-29 vote) my amendment to ban the indefinite detention of U.S. persons -- citizens and green card holders -- without charge or trial. Unfortunately, the effects of my amendment have been misrepresented by critics on the left as well as proponents of indefinite military detention on the right, particularly after a handful of senators who previously opposed this effort switched their vote at the last minute. This unexpected support and the spirited debate on the Senate floor left some with the impression that the amendment was imprecise or a Trojan Horse designed to surreptitiously authorize indefinite detention in the United States. My amendment is neither, and the legal experts I consulted on the amendment agree. I agree. My amendment updates the Non-Detention Act of 1971 which Congress passed to repudiate the shameful Japanese-American internment experience during World War II.
US: Obama Should Veto NDAA if it Restricts Guantanamo Detainee Transfers. Human Rights Watch and 27 other organizations sent a letter to US President Barack Obama today, urging him to veto the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013 if it impedes his ability to transfer detainees out of Guantanamo Bay. The text of the letter follows. Re: VETO the National Defense Authorization Act, If It Extends Restrictions on Transferring Detainees Out of the Guantanamo Prison Dear President Obama: The undersigned human rights, religious, and civil liberties groups strongly urge you to veto the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013—if it impedes your ability to close Guantanamo, by restricting the Executive Branch's authority to transfer detainees for repatriation or resettlement in foreign countries or for prosecution in federal criminal court.
The House of Representatives passed a version of the NDAA that restricts all transfers out of Guantanamo for the full fiscal year, while the Senate version of the bill restricts transfers overseas. Sincerely, Terror Tuesday: The NDAA is back! What was the most underreported story of 2012? According to Project Censored, it was “Signs of an Emerging Police State,” as evidenced by President Obama putting his signature last New Year’s Eve on the NDAA of 2012.
“FBI Agents Responsible for Terrorist Plots” made number 4 on the list. But back to Number 1: Congress is now in the process of passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2013, and chances are it has been entirely off your radar screen. You may recall that sections 1021 and 1022 of the NDAA of 2012 authorized the President to order the military to arrest and indefinitely imprison people anywhere in the world, far from any battlefield. Although the language of these resolutions was deliberately ambiguous, several Members of Congress asserted that they could be used against US citizens who could be picked up within the United States and denied their constitutional rights. The legislatures of Arizona and Maine went on record opposing the NDAA, while. NDAA Nullification Bill to be Introduced in South Carolina. Will South Carolina defend the Fifth Amendment and Due Process..through the Tenth Amendment? Yes, if State Senator Tom Davis has his way.
An update on his public Facebook page yesterday announced that he’s working on just that: Spent today drafting the NDAA Nullification Act that I will prefile in the SC Senate next month. Indefinite Detention of people by federal authorities has been ‘authorized’ by the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed by Barack Obama at the end of 2011. NDAA Nullification legislation has already passed into law in the State of Virginia, where Bob Marshall’s HB1160 garnered massive bipartisan support from the grassroots. Some NDAA Nullification laws, like Virginia’s and HB5768 currently being considered in Michigan, make it illegal for a state officer, or employee, to comply with the federal act. Stay tuned to the Tenth Amendment Center as we’ll be providing updates on this legislation in South Carolina and other states around the country. 1. 2. 3.
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