Tag Archives: National Defense Authorization Act
Alexa O’Brien> A letter to my family and friends about the NDAA and me
A letter to my family and friends about the NDAA and me By Alexa O’Brien on October 3, 2012 12:00 AM October2011.org Dear friends and family, I am reassured to know that you have my back, and that you have done everything to prevent the US Government from threatening to detain me indefinitely without charge for my work as […]
Stephen Lendman> Battleground Chicago
Battleground Chicago Chicago cops beat NATO protesters. By Stephen Lendman (about the author) May 22, 2012 opednews.com Chicago police have an odious reputation for brutality. It’s well deserved. On Sunday, it showed up forcefully. The whole world watched. Baton-wielding cops confronted protesters violently. Official policy is swing first, ask questions later, and blame victims for […]
Chris Hedges> Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You
Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You By Chris Hedges Posted on Apr 2, 2012 Truthdig The security and surveillance state does not deal in nuance or ambiguity. Its millions of agents, intelligence gatherers, spies, clandestine operatives, analysts and armed paramilitary units live in a binary world of opposites, of good and evil, […]
Chris Hedges> The Polite Conference Rooms Where Liberties Are Saved and Lost
The Polite Conference Rooms Where Liberties Are Saved and Lost by Chris Hedges Monday, March 26, 2012 Truthdig via Common Dreams I spent four hours in a third-floor conference room at 86 Chambers St. in Manhattan on Friday as I underwent a government deposition. Benjamin H. Torrance, an assistant U.S. attorney, carried out the questioning as part […]
Feinstein to Challenge Indefinite Detention Law
Obama abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial American terrorism suspects arrested on US soil, who could then be shipped to Guantanamo Bay. (photo: Brennan Linsley/Reuters) Feinstein to Challenge Indefinite Detention Law By Carolyn Lochhead 29 February 12 Reader Supported […]
Adam Klasfield> Critics of Indefinite Detention Gain Traction
Critics of Indefinite Detention Gain Traction By Adam Klasfield February 27, 2012 Courthouse News MANHATTAN (CN) – A hearing to block the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which allows the U.S. military to indefinitely detain, without charge or trial, anybody accused of planning or supporting terrorism anywhere in the world, may occur as […]
Creeping Fascism> Ask the Cop on the Corner, Ask the Cop at Your Front Door
Ask the Cop on the Corner, Ask the Cop at Your Front Door Creeping Fascism by RON JACOBS February 17-19, 2012 Counterpunch The list contines to grow. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The essentially unprovoked police attacks on protesters, bystanders and journalists at Occupy protests around the nation. The continuing murder of […]
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