Obama to approve indefinite detention and torture of Americans
Less than a month after he threatened to veto terrifying legislation that would cease constitutional rights as we know it, Obama has revoked his warning and plans to authorize a bill allowing indefinite detention and torture of Americans. - After passing in the House of Representatives earlier this year, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 went before the US Senate last week, where it was met with overwhelming approval. In the days before, the Obama administration issued a policy statement on November 17 saying explicitly that the president would veto the bill. Opposition from the White House seemed all but rampant until RT revealed earlier this week that Senator Carl Levin told lawmakers that the legislation was altered because “the administration asked us to remove the language which says that US citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section.”
Stephen Lendman: Fascism in America
Stephen Lendman: Legislating Tyranny in America
Brandon Smith: The Essential Rules Of Tyranny
Paul Craig Roberts: The Obama Regime Has No Constitutional Scruples
Bill Van Auken: US Senate backs military detention of American citizens
PressTV: US House OKs indefinite lockup bill
CBS News: WH OKs military detention of "terrorism suspects"
Russia Today: Indefinite detention: 'Architecture of fascist state' - VIDEO “The White House explained it would veto the bill because these provisions, mandating military custody amount to a restriction of president’s authority,” explains John Glaser, assistant editor at Antiwar.com. “But in truth it’s reasonable to assume that a veto threat was a mere political theater, because Senator Carl Levin one of the provision’s primary authors revealed during senate debate that it was the Obama administration itself who requested the inclusion of language mandating military detentions, including US citizens. So you could say the administration never changed their minds, it was just a sort of doing it for public consumption,” he told RT.
Anonymous: The US Government has commited treason against you, the american citizens. You have 24 hours to stop it - VIDEO