NDAA - the first step to the death of individual liberties

[The Northerner]

A group of journalists and activists made a statement at a court in New York against the National Defense Authorization Act. The group has filed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration and are determined to overturn NDAA. The bill allows the US military to legally detain suspected terrorists indefinitely and without charge or trial - that includes American citizens. This also means that journalists covering terror threats and interviewing terrorists fall under the umbrella. Raha Wala, an attorney with the law and security programm at Human Rights First talks to RT's Kristine Frazao about some legal implications of the bill.

[RC]

1. Legalize the Constitution

And shit like the National Defense Authorization Act could not happen.

[NorthCarolina]

2. I hope they are able to overturn it. nt

[Quantess]

7. Wouldn't that have to go before the supreme court?

[DeSwiss]

3. K&R

- Awaken and evolve.....

The revolution will not be shown on television. Nothing will be on television... or if anything is, no one will notice.

The revolution will not provide you with political clout, a luxury car or designer antidepressants. It will render such things superfluous.

The revolution will not help you build muscle mass or tone your flabby thighs. It will make it possible for you to feel beautiful in your body, not because of it.

The revolution will not put the right people in control of the government or impose limits on the conduct of corporations. It will abolish control, government, limits, corporations.

The revolution will not give you superhuman powers of creativity, audacity, or conflict resolution. It will push aside the obstacles that inhibit you from exercising the power you already have.

The revolution will not put an end to violence, struggle or interpersonal strife. It will offer you the chance to fight for your own interests, for once, and let the chips fall where they may.

The revolution will not just put all genders, ethnicities, and nationalities on equal footing - it will dissolve the borders that distinguish them.

The revolution will not make you self-sufficient. It will equip you to take care of others, and others to take care of you.

The revolution will not provide you with the man or woman of your dreams. It will bring out the unique beauty of the ones already around you.

The revolution might not always feed or house or heal you, but hunger and thirst and cold and even sickness will trouble you a lot less.

The revolution will not mean you finally get what you deserve. It will give you treasures no one could ever deserve, just as it will sometimes hurt with a pain nothing in your life has warranted.

The revolution will not be simple or clean or easy. It will help you to find meaning in difficult things, to be courageous in facing complexities and contradictions, to get your hands dirty and like it.

The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow -- it's never going to happen.

It's taking place right now.

It is an alternate universe that runs parallel to this one, waiting for you to switch sides.


CrimethInc, EXPECT RESISTANCE

[The Vrude]

4. NDAA - the **first** step to the death of individual liberties?

The lead up to the NDAA was the "Patriot" Act. Several other acts paved the way.

And it's going to get worse if we don't put a foot down.

[blueml]

5. American Civil Liberties

The American Civil Liberties Union has stated that "While President Obama issued a signing statement saying he had 'serious reservations' about the provisions, the statement only applies to how his administration would use the authorities granted by the NDAA." and, despite claims to the contrary, "The statute contains a sweeping worldwide indefinite detention provision.

[20score]

6. History shows when a government claims a power, it uses it.

I am very thankful for this group! If only people in Congress and the White House gave more than lip service to being a free country - we'd actually be one.

[The Vrude]

8. Between

what Bush did and now Obama, people need to realize that the trajectory we are on bends toward a full police state. They didn't create the NDAA for no reason. Bush didn't create Directive 51 for no reason. The Patriot Act was not written for no reason. The John Warner National Defense Authorization Act was not written for no reason.