Friday, January 4, 2013

OBAMA SIGNS NDAA 2013 WITHOUT OBJECTING TO DEFINITE DETENTION OF AMERICANS


OBAMA SIGNS NDAA 2013 WITHOUT OBJECTING TO DEFINITE DETENTION OF AMERICANS
Posted By: IZAKOVIC [Send E-Mail]
Date: Friday, 4-Jan-2013 06:55:14
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Published: 03 January, 2013, 21:01

US President Barack Obama (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowsky)
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 on Wednesday, giving his stamp of approval to a Pentagon spending bill that will keep Guantanamo Bay open and make indefinite detention for US citizens as likely as ever.
The president inked his name to the 2013 NDAA on Wednesday evening to little fanfare, and accompanied his signature with a statement condemning a fair number of provisions contained in a bill that he nevertheless endorsed.
The NDAA, an otherwise mundane annual bill that lays out the use of funds for the Department of Defense, has come under attack during the Obama administration for the introduction of a provision last year that allows the military to detain United States citizens indefinitely without charge or trial for mere suspicions of ties to terrorism. Under the 2012 NDAA’s Sec. 1021, Pres. Obama agreed to give the military the power to arrest and hold Americans without the writ of habeas corpus, although he promised with that year’s signing statement that his administration would not abuse that privilege.
In response to the controversial indefinite detention provision from last year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) introduced an amendment in December 2012 that would have forbid the government from using military force to indefinitely detain Americans without trial under the 2013 NDAA. Although that provision, dubbed the “Feinstein Amendment,” passed the Senate unanimously, a select panel of lawmakers led by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan) stripped it from the final version of the NDAA two week later before it could clear Congress. In exchange, Congress added a provision, Sec. 1029, that claims to ensure that “any person inside the United States” is allowed their constitutional rights, including habeas corpus, but supporters of the Feinstein Amendment say that the swapped wording does nothing to erase the indefinite detention provision from the previous year.
“Saying that new language somehow ensures the right to habeas corpus – the right to be presented before a judge – is both questionable and not enough. Citizens must not only be formally charged but also receive jury trials and the other protections our Constitution guarantees. Habeas corpus is simply the beginning of due process. It is by no means the whole,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) said after the Feinstein Amendment was removed.
“Our Bill of Rights is not something that can be cherry-picked at legislators’ convenience. When I entered the United States Senate, I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. It is for this reason that I will strongly oppose passage of the McCain conference report that strips the guarantee to a trial by jury,” Sen. Paul added.
Although the Pres. Obama rejected the indefinite detention clause when signing the 2012 NDAA, a statement issued late Wednesday from the White House failed to touch on the military’s detainment abilities. On the other hand, Pres. Obama did voice his opposition to a number of provisions included in the latest bill, particularly ones that will essentially render his promise of closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison impossible.
Despite repeated pleas that Gitmo will be closed on his watch, Pres. Obama failed to do as much during his first term in the White House. Thanks to a provision in the 2013 NDAA, the Pentagon will be unable to use funds to transfer detainees out of that facility and to other sights, ensuring they will remain at the top-secret military prison for the time being.

“Even though I support the vast majority of the provisions contained in this Act, which is comprised of hundreds of sections spanning more than 680 pages of text, I do not agree with them all. Our Constitution does not afford the president the opportunity to approve or reject statutory sections one by one,” Pres. Obama writes.
Congress, claims the president, designed sections of the new defense bill “in order to foreclose my ability to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.”
“I continue to believe that operating the facility weakens our national security by wasting resources, damaging our relationships with key allies and strengthening our enemies,” he says.
Elsewhere, the president claims that certain provisions in the act threaten to interview with his “constitutional duty to supervise the executive branch” of the United States.
Before the 2013 NDAA was finalized, it was reported by the White House that Pres. Obama would veto the legislation over the provisions involving Guantanamo Bay. Similarly, the White House originally said the president would veto the 2012 NDAA over the indefinite detention provisions, although he signed it regardless “with reservations” on December 31 of that year.
Since authorizing the 2012 NDAA, the president has been challenged in federal court by a team of plaintiffs who say that the indefinite detention clause is unconstitutional. US District Judge Katherine Forrest agreed that Sec. 1021 of the 2012 NDAA violated the US Constitution and granted a permanent injunction on the Obama administration from using that provision, but the White House successfully fought to appeal that decision.
Commenting on the latest signing, American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero says, "President Obama has utterly failed the first test of his second term, even before inauguration day.”

“His signature means indefinite detention without charge or trial, as well as the illegal military commissions, will be extended,” adds Romero. "He also has jeopardized his ability to close Guantanamo during his presidency. Scores of men who have already been held for nearly 11 years without being charged with a crime--including more than 80 who have been cleared for transfer--may very well be imprisoned unfairly for yet another year. The president should use whatever discretion he has in the law to order many of the detainees transferred home, and finally step up next year to close Guantanamo and bring a definite end to indefinite detention."
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The corp. in D.C. is out of control! We have the obligation to use the right as Americans through the Law (the declaration of Independence & the Constitution) to use what ever force necessary to bring back the Law of the Land! To prosecute all the criminals in the corp. local & national. Using extreme prejudice & the tools secured to us by the second Amendment. GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!!!!!! The army of one.

Anonymous said...

what in the hell s the matter with america the whole internet is in uproar about obama's abuse of the constitution,so what in the hell are you all waiting for,throw this kenyan imposter out now.and stop talking about it.TONY LANE

Anonymous said...

The U.S. Corporation has the right as a private corporation to collect their inventory of dead people i.e th U.S. Corporate person. Until We The People decide we are alive and present ourselves alive then they can do what ever they wish. Here is remedy and it is the law. File for executorship of your estate which is held in trust by the federal government and then forgive your debtor status as creditor. This is under the 1666 act the Cestui Que Vie Trust. If you have an all caps name that is your stock in the U.S. Corporation and if you forgive the debt of the stock that you've been charged with you are stating that you are alive and no longer lost at sea. This act was instituted to take your inheritance and now you must say "I AM" and you will regain the title and property that was given to the U.S. Corporation at the time of your birth. Look up Tami Pepperman and the Cestui Que Vie Trust and you will comprehend how this is done. You can claim your rights all the way back to 1666 because this trust has not been repealed as it is the way TPTB do business. All those who are not considered alive will be hurt in the long run because you are worth more to TPTB dead so they may collect your trust and insurances . This is what the great culling is all about.Please for your own sakes look this up. It is now a matter of life and death.

Anonymous said...

DO NOT WAR. It is the last thing we need and What TPTB want. Do your paperwork because it is world law . Cestui Que Vie Act learn it because there is more at stake than you know.

Anonymous said...

Re:6:23 A.M.
Paper work without a police force is a waste of time & effort. I have done lawful fillings for yr's. They are criminals they ignore the law. They have hit men and black robes that hate You for learning the law. Your neighbors dislike You for trying to bring back freedom & liberty because they don't want to know the truth. They may lose their S/S and the truth makes them uncomfortable. Keep fighting though were gaining on/em. Prepare for the khaos it's coming and we will have a chance to restart it properly.