In a stunning move that has civil libertarians stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Bill of Rights in America and will turn USA into a battleground.
Text: Mike Adams | Also watch this video: The US Constitution is gone
[The article's heading re-named on Dec 4, 2011 (01:28 local time SE). The word "declares" was exchanged with "wants"]
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The National Defense Authorization Act is being called the most traitorous act ever witnessed in the Senate, and the language of the bill is cleverly designed to make you think it doesn’t apply to Americans, but toward the end of the bill it essentially says it can apply to Americans ”if we want it to.”
| Bill Summary & Status, 112th Congress (2011 – 2012) | S.1867 | Latest Title: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 | Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 11/15/2011) | Related Bills: H.R.1540 | Latest Major Action: 12/1/2011 Passed/agreed to in Senate. | Status: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay. 93 – 7. | Record Vote Number: 218. | Latest Action: 12/1/2011 National Defense Authorization Act | Amendment details |
This bill, passed late last night in a 93-7 vote, declares the entire USA to be a ”battleground” upon which U.S. military forces can operate with impunity, overriding Posse Comitatus and granting the military the unchecked power to arrest, detain, interrogate and even assassinate U.S. citizens with impunity.
Even WIRED magazine was outraged at this bill, reporting:
Senate Wants the Military to Lock You Up Without Trial
…the detention mandate to use indefinite military detention in terrorism cases isn’t limited to foreigners. It’s confusing, because two different sections of the bill seem to contradict each other, but in the judgment of the University of Texas’ Robert Chesney — a nonpartisan authority on military detention — “U.S. citizens are included in the grant of detention authority.” Source
The passage of this law is nothing less than an outright declaration of WAR against the American People by the military-connected power elite. If this is signed into law, it will shred the remaining tenants of the Bill of Rights and unleash upon America a total military dictatorship, complete with secret arrests, secret prisons, unlawful interrogations, indefinite detainment without ever being charged with a crime, the torture of Americans and even the ”legitimate assassination” of U.S. citizens on right here on American soil!
If you have not yet woken up to the reality of the police state we’ve been warning you about, I hope you realize we are fast running out of time. Once this becomes law, you have no rights whatsoever in America — no due process, no First Amendment speech rights, no right to remain silent, nothing.
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I’m not saying that you guys arent correct. However; you all say you want America to go back to the way it was when mostly everyone was happy. Yet people arent doing anything, sure they want things handed to them but in short.
Dont like it? DO something about it. March to Washington, dont give b.s about ”oh well I just dont have the money right now” well screw you, find a way to go. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Stand up and actually do something about it instead of bashing the american government. You want it changed. Then find a way to do it yourselves.
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Seriously, this article is not even legitimate. Read the bill and amendments yourself.
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Well…I don’t know about anyone else, but if this by some miracle passes…I’d sooner go to the whitehouse, burn my passport, social security card, and every dollar in my bank account rather than stay in this country.
Welcome to the United Military Controlled States of America
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So, for those of you who are commenting about how ridiculous this bill is, I’d like to echo what has already been said by certain comments : This article is FAKE. It’s not even written in an informative-style and is completely bias.
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this crap is probably half opinionated
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I’ll be honest, I haven’t read the bill, and this article is (so far) the only report of the bill that I have read or heard about. I’m also not sure where to start with my comment; hell, why I’m even commenting at that.
The mere idea that our government has considered any bill that comes even close to this bloggers portrayal of it terrifies me. I should not have to carry the burden of protecting the future of my life – the future of my family – from the government that is in place to protect me.
I don’t think it necessary that you agree to the message of the Occupy protesters, but I hate you for speaking a single ill-word of them, and I hate you (government or man) for laying a single finger on them in violence. In a land born on the promise of a better life, on the freedoms to leave whatever circumstance you may be in, and come to a place of possibility and acceptance, a place built on the idea that everyone is equal – in that land – these people have a right to gather peacefully without your hate and cruelty.
@John Mick (previous comment) – is absolutely correct. I believe that the type of sacrifice he has suggested is as perfect a plan for true revolution as I have ever heard.
@Nick – this is a hope and sentiment that brings a bit of comfort to the idea of the type of government control that has been discussed in this article (and comment section), but history has shown repeatedly that any nation is capable of creating an army of it’s own people large enough, and ignorant enough, to unwaveringly inflict death and hatred upon its citizens.
@Eric – The last paragraph of your comment brings peace to my heart. My generation is better than this, we hate this, and I refuse to believe that when our turn comes we will continue to treat each other in this manner.
As for me an my home, we shall love each other before all else, we will be thankful for the small joys in life that matter infinitely more than the corporation driven joys that you hold dear. We will thank whatever God we believe in for every breath we are lucky enough to share with each other on this beautiful green Earth, and believe me when I tell you – we will fight until the last red drop runs out of our broken hearts to protect the right to do these things.
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I’am so sick of this goverment,they are all liers,they steal,cheat,make promises.it’s all bullshit.
I ‘d love to see everyone of these bastards hung.as far as our chief in office where’s his two cents worth.let me start with bush jr,he’s a worthless piece of shit.my feelings get as much as you can from this sickening goverment,start growing weed,sell it make your own business,because there are no jobs.sounds good to me.
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Lol, silly Swedes, you guys are making up false headlines to the silly American sheep. Nice try, and honestly, the bill does good if you actually read the titles of the divisions, titles, etc. In specific, one portion supports temporary allowance to waive (cancel) the max age limit (26) to be entered into the military academies (Army, Navy, AFA).
Swedes be cray.
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The bill is fake? Prove it. All of you who say the bill is fake have not shown evidence supporting the claim. Please, stop asserting things. I’m actually trying to understand the implications. Thanks.
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Don’t be confused by anyone claiming that the indefinite detention legislation does not apply to American citizens. It does. There is an exemption for American citizens from the mandatory detention *requirement* (section 1032 of the bill), but no exemption for American citizens from the authorization to use the military to indefinitely detain people without charge or trial (section 1031 of the bill).
So, the result is that, under the bill, the military has the power to indefinitely imprison American citizens, but it does not have to use its power unless ordered to do so (or chooses to do so…all it says is that the military isn’t REQUIRED to do anything which is like saying birds aren’t REQUIRED to fly)
If you don’t believe me, watch the CSPAN archived video from the senate floor, where the bill’s originater makes the following statement.
”1031, THE STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO DETAIN, DOES APPLY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS AND IT DESIGNATES THE WORLD AS THE BATTLEFIELD, INCLUDING THE HOMELAND.”
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/appearance/600840428 (transcript is below the video if you’d like to read it)
All that being said, is this was from a few days ago after the initial vote. I heard a new amendment was introduced and passed with almost unanimous approval last night, but I’ve yet to see text or verification of that.
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N.W.O
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Where in the bill does it specifically ”…grant the military the unchecked power to arrest, detain, interrogate and even assassinate U.S. citizens with impunity.”?
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We the people in order to form a more perfect union need to cut all the bullshit out. The world is long due for an American revolution and whats to say it will not happen once the whole entire world wants to be a BEAUTIFUL country(Mei Guo). Why is it when questions are asked a BILL is passed? Freedom of speech,maybe. When we grow up and start seeing the truth(Syracuse) it can be sickening straight to your stomach. Education is key, but community colleges have lose expenses due to the high cost of greater education(unless a scholarship is enforced2.0). Why else would we have a revolution. Not the revolution your thinking of but one where we can drop more bombs and food to the needy, a human revolution. Of course, as a child, people aspire to become police officers or FIRE fighters to try to clean up the government from the INSIDE. I end this with Have a Coke and a Smile…..TGIF
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When you posted this story why didn’t you post the Bill number and the section?
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and just a quick question….Why not tax a REVEREND that is making over 200k a year?
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What … and have a separation of church and state?
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Contra the Swedish ”Big Media conspiracy” blogger, this issue’s been all over the news for a week, ever since attempts to amend the specific Section 1031 first came up in the Senate. Obama has repeatedly said he’d veto it, but, with the bill amended to only target illegal aliens, he probably won’t. It’s really another ”anti-Obama”/”soft on War on Terror” bill, as noted by this graf for the following Section 1032: Only the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and Director of National Intelligence, could waive this requirement—and only upon a written certification to Congress that a waiver is in the national security interest of the United States. This provision would apply equally to individuals apprehended in the United States and those apprehended abroad. Notice that the word ”president” isn’t there.
That said, it could be a huge issue of ”overreach.”
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This link is essentially a petition in support of the President’s intention to veto this bill. If you’re a Facebook user please add your voice to this. If not, please send the link to your friends that are.
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By the way, the key term in 1032 is that persons related to al-Quaeda or terrorists of the US AND ALLIES are only detainable. US citizens that do not commit treason, are not part of al-Quaeda, or are not terrorists to the US or its allies are exempt (Most citizens).
Try again bros.
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Rise Against – Drones?
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Dude, you people are reading portions of different sections of the bill that do not mesh. You’re reading a chopped and screwed ”bill” and its completely wrong. Chapter 669, Subtitle D, Section 1032. Read the whole thing.
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im in the military and im scared wtf is going on with the world
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THIS IS A BATTLEGROUND!
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(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS- The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.
Does not extend to = does not include.
(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS- The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not include citizens of the United States.
There is your proof.
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You didn’t read far enough.
”(4) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—The Secretary of Defense may, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, waive the requirement of paragraph (1) if the Secretary submits to Congress a certification in writing that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.”
You copied paragraph (1). This nullifies it.
There’s your proof.
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Hm…I find this article to be a little bit off. At no point in time does it actually reference the National Defense Authorization Act. Sure, they cite what a magazine said about it, but that isn’t the bill itself. I would like to see some actual citations from the act to prove their point – not just what some talking head’s interpretation of it. Also, the tone of the article is so alarmist that its annoying. What ever happened to objective reporting?
I’m not saying that their interpretations aren’t spot on – I just want to read the act itself before I run into a tizzy. I only got a copy this morning. I haven’t finished reading through it yet…
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okay so this bill just gives the military the right to apprehend civilians for offenses. it isnt saying that the military is openly at war with america it is just stating that we can arrest civilians for crimes that they commit therefore lowering crime rate and making america safer to live in. And yes i am military and yes i am a cop in the military. and no we cannot just make up excuses to arrest people like some people may think. We are governed by stricter rules called the UCMJ and when arresting or apprehending anyone it has to be in accordance with the Use of Force Model. America is not a ”battleground” just because the military now has the right to apprehend civilians we are just trying to make it safer for the next generations to come.
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I’d like to read the bill myself and see it’s language before I take somebodies else’s word for it
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When Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul both think something is a bad idea, it’s probably a bad idea.
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The apparent prophecies of the world ”ending” in 2012 are all falling together from the increasingly grim outlook of the US politics making more blatant attempts to harass the common citizen. I will sit here and do absolutely nothing about it. The only way you can remain innocent nowadays is to continue shopping your hearts out and still your minds on the FaceBook.
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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Maybe the government is becoming more involved because America’s people are becoming lazier, and aren’t willing to do work themselves. The large corporations that you are complaining about are the ones who are supplying the 1% with jobs. So sure, decrease they’re funding and see how much the rest of America’s income drops. Stop expecting to sit on your ass and get paid for it.
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Not to mention that everyone focuses on the poor minorities ‘rights’ which apparently now take precedence over those of us who have been living here for generations, stimulating the economy with our hard earned tax dollars. Just so they can move in here and suck it dry. Let’s just fucking give every penny we have to every poor soul and drag ourselves down with them. Here’s a tip America: Work hard now, play later. Don’t whine to get what you feel you deserve, EARN IT! And stop protesting and voting to give away OTHER PEOPLE’S money. If you want millions of immigrants to come here and more unemployment/welfare benefits, then pay for it yourself! I’m so tired of paying for this lazy country to sue and protest for their money. This is why we have failed. This new minority power which has been ”oppressed” for so long has shown it’s true colors and once they had equal rights, they wanted more and more and more and they won’t stop. I personally thank you all for ruining MY country.
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@altavista
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:s.01867:
Link was at top called ‘Bill Summary and Status’. Click on ‘Text of Legislation’ from the link, find Chapter 669, Subtitle D, Section 1032, and read. There you go.
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