Civil Arrest
On March 4, 2010, Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph Liberman (I-Conn.) introduced “The Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010” which if passed, could allow the US military to detain suspected domestic terrorists - without habeas corpus - for interrogation. Concerns are raised that the anti-terrorism policy is unconstitutional and bars US citizens from being read their rights, yet still be detained as a suspected terrorist and have any collected intelligence collected about them submitted to Congress.
As part of the bill, all defined "terrorist" attacks could be treated as an act of war rather as a criminal violation. A foreign national or US citizen “enemy belligerent” may even be considered “high-level detainees” and then held indefinitely.
As noted in this article published in the New American, the bill defines an "enemy belligerent as (Sec. 6, paragraph 9): “The term 'unprivileged enemy belligerent' means an individual … who (a) has engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; (b) has purposely and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; or (c) was a part of al Qaeda at the time of capture.”
The language of the bill, yet to be numbered, further implies that any individual whether or not they have ties to al-Qaeda, or if the President considers appropriate, could be detained, as long as the individual or group appear to fit the definition of an "enemy belligerent."
As quoted in the New American article, “The level of potential for abuse here depends on how far it is possible to stretch the meanings of words and phrases such as engaged in hostilities or purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States,” which further raises the question of whether Tea Partiers, or any other extremist or governmental dissenting group, could be suspected under the newly introduced legislation.
Image "March 4" by Jessierocks courtesy of Creative Commons on Flickr.
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How is any lethal violence not "terror" ... if a cannibalistic serial killer is allowed "due process" ... than how come someone of this more "conceptual" type category of criminal act be given less.
"To be taken out of the public eye as soon as possible" seems the prime motivation ... contain and release statements .... contain, and release statements ...
Just like the illusion of "corporate identity" being represented as an actual legal person ... trying to sell us on the idea that our country is a corporate identity and that our individual sovereign terror is inferior to any notion of dissatisfaction in relation to the ideal of the collective.
Oprah's individual statement to never eat hamburgers allowed her to get sued by a larger corporate identity which sought to override the possibility of her getting a heart attack ... in the name of a corporate blemish.
Any national ideal should never override the individual ... no matter how heinous a crime everyone deserves the right to explain themselves before their peers.
We are not a people anymore than we are each individuals.
If punishment is not just than it is likely more torture than punishment.
These are times to hear everyone out ... no more closed doors ... we all need to hear what drives the criminal behind any global citizen ... 'lest we become one ourselves
Un Fucking Believable!
Just wait until those who
Coincidence Theories OK!
Conspiracy Theorists and especially Conspiracy Factualists already are considered terroists. Coincidence Theorists on the other hand are still cool!
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I'm against this.
"Shiver 'me Timbers"
When do we again gain the courage to accept the "lessons of terror" ... and not fear the antagonist, but listen to their plight. We all seem to want 'principled peace" whether we "actually" deserve it or not.
Leaders use to be the first to fight ... now they are the first to run. Lawmakers are the furthest removed from the actual application of law.
Terror is sobering ... that our excesses are causing such deep human dissatisfaction ... to inspire such thoughts, feelings, and actions.
For a society who's entertainment industry is nothing but filled with every conceivable story of crime and violence ... how wimpy and demanding they become when faced with the real life version.
There is no violence that is not already "dharmic law" taking place ... to try to regulate it with man-made "karmic law" is to falsely admit that there is no actual cause ... when there always is.
When a child is upset, angry etc, the wise parent immediately seeks to rectify the cause ... the only other option being to arbitrarily create rules to regulate each effect.
It is more cost effective for a society to face up to it's self-created inebriaties than to perpetuate them.
don't let it take you
Who is standing up for our
ex-patriotism
Anyone know of any other English speaking countries where someone can at least make a living? It may be high time to shove off.
Intellectual terrorists, watch your backs!