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Kasz216 on 31 December 2012
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dsgrue3 said:
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http://www.infowars.com/myth-busted-yes-the-ndaa-does-apply-to-americans-and-heres-the-text-that-says-so/

"The key to subsection 1021(e) is its claim that sec. 1021 does not “affect existing law or authorities” relating to the detention of persons arrested on U.S. soil. If the President’s expansive view of his own power were in statute, that statement would be true. Instead, the section codifies the President’s view as if it had always existed, authorizing detention of “persons” regardless of citizenship or where they are arrested. It then disingenuously says the bill doesn’t change that view."


It finalizes things that already allowed it, albeit through more temporary measures.


Again, doesn't do anything in regard to US citizens. The key to this is it is now under the purview of the President's Authority to detain people, which previously was not the case.

US citizens are still protected by due process.

Tell that to the American citizen that Obama ordered the assassnation of.  

Which is the point.  The law codifies what is essentially Obama's opinion on what does and doesn't count as due process.

For another example using the other aisle.  If this happened during the Bush presidency with this wording, but was a bill on torture.  The bill would codify in law, Bush's stance that waterboarding is not torture.

LMFAO, Anwar al-awlaki? He was Al Queda, US citizen or not. That is a known terrorist. Justice was served. If you don't want to be killed, don't be or associate with terrorists. Pretty simple.

He was a "terrorist" who as far as anybody could prove only worked for their PR branch.

In otherwords.  He was killed... without trial.  For using his first ammendment right.

There is a reason the ACLU took up his case.

And failed to prove their case as per my previous post.

Look, again, the NDAA does not allow the President to start murdering civilians without trial. This was a special circumstance wherein trial was not possible. go take some medication, you're all paranoid.

So based on that logic we should be sending a drone into france to take out Roman Polanski right?