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In reply to the discussion: Obama wins right to indefinitely detain Americans under NDAA [View all]Nihil
(13,508 posts)49. Ha ha ha ha ha!
So the Afghan government embraces freedom more than "The Land Of The Free"?!
Indefinite detention without trial must be one of those darn "freedoms" that all of those
anti-American "terrorists" hate ...
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It also means that we have dispensed with Habeas Corpus. Which means all Americans are
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#28
Both candidates will expand the police state; both candidates will steal Social Security.
woo me with science
Oct 2012
#64
And the spirits of the Saints of Liberty and all who died for our Freedom cry out "Hooray! Hooray!"
Poll_Blind
Sep 2012
#6
nah..those days are over..its partisan politics above civil rights, the constitution, endless war
xiamiam
Sep 2012
#55
He might regret this if someday some Republican president decides to declare some
kestrel91316
Sep 2012
#14
The administration's view is that the law doesn't say what Hedges et al claim it says
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#35
It's not indefinite at all. There's a stay on the injunction. Ridiculous headline. n/t
tammywammy
Sep 2012
#41