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BTL:Breaking Campaign Pledge, Obama Signs Indefinite Detention into Law
Interview with Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, conducted by Scott Harris
Breaking Campaign Pledge, Obama Signs Indefinite Detention into Law
Interview with Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, conducted by Scott Harris
On the last day of 2011, President Obama signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which mandates that all accused terrorists be indefinitely imprisoned in military rather than in the civilian court system. But most alarmingly, the measure also empowers the current, and all future presidents, to indefinitely imprison U.S. citizens and non-citizens suspected of engaging in terrorism, without charge or trial.
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http://www.btlonline.org/2012/seg/120120af-btl-buttar.html
Interview with Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, conducted by Scott Harris
On the last day of 2011, President Obama signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which mandates that all accused terrorists be indefinitely imprisoned in military rather than in the civilian court system. But most alarmingly, the measure also empowers the current, and all future presidents, to indefinitely imprison U.S. citizens and non-citizens suspected of engaging in terrorism, without charge or trial.
Story continues
http://www.btlonline.org/2012/seg/120120af-btl-buttar.html
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