Posts Tagged NDAA

By Jos Truitt • 12 years ago

Why the hell did Obama push for indefinite detention of US citizens?

Zerlina’s read of why President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with the indefinite detention provision included is an accurate take on how the bill works and how it moved through government. But with all due respect I think she missed the administration’s doublespeak when it comes to intent. The signing statement is designed to distance Obama as candidate for re-election from the action he and the Congress actually took – making it possible to detain US citizens without due process. Actions matter way more than words in politics, because they actually, you know, do something in people’s lives.

In fact, the Obama administration is responsible for the bill allowing for the detention of US citizens. Take a ...

Zerlina’s read of why President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with the indefinite detention provision included is an accurate take on how the bill works and how it moved through government. But with ...
By Samhita • 12 years ago

Obama signs indefinite detention without trial into law

While you were at the club (or avoiding the crowds with some liberals at a house party), Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Obama said he had “serious reservations” about the law, but signed it nonetheless. Their are pieces of the NDAA that are dangerous because they hand over power to the White House to hold what they consider possible terror suspects at their own discretion and without a fair trial–if that is what they see fit.

The ACLU writes,

The statute is particularly dangerous because it has no temporal or geographic limitations, and can be used by this and future presidents to militarily detain people captured far from any battlefield.

Under the Bush administration, similar claims of worldwide detention ...

While you were at the club (or avoiding the crowds with some liberals at a house party), Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Obama said he had “serious reservations” about the law, but signed it ...