The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) just signed by President Obama (on Dec 31 - Happy New Year!) authorizes detention of American citizens for virtually any reason related to terrorism. Obama used his signing statement to say he would not use the authority granted by Congress - uh, sure, see post below. Is that shredding sound the Bill of Rights being torn up? Gee, thanks Congress, you learned well from the Patriot Act.
Even the ACLU is livid about this one: National-security/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-law
"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. "
"We are extremely disappointed that President Obama signed this bill even though his administration is already claiming overly-broad detention authority in court. "
See also: NDAA_Bill_of_Rights_Obama
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