(*)NDAA Passed While Media Preoccupied With Robertson Controversy
Thursday, the US Senate passed the NDAA, National Defense Authorization
Act. The vote passed 84-15, with all of the nay votes coming from
Republicans, with the exception of Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat, and
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent.
The NDAA retains it’s most controversial aspect, the notorious section
1021, which allows the government to detain any American citizen for an
unlimited amount of time without due process.
Senator Ted Cruz explained this as his reasoning for the no vote.
“Today I voted against the National Defense
Authorization Act. I am deeply concerned that Congress still has not
prohibited President Obama’s ability to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens
arrested on American soil without trial or due process. Not only
ethically reprehensible, this is illegal: the bill of rights in the
constitution does not allow President Obama, or any president, to apprehend
American citizens, and detain these citizens indefinitely without
trial...
When I ran for office, I promised the people of Texas I
would oppose any National Defense Authorization Act that did not explicitly
prohibit the indefinite detention of American citizens. Although this
legislation does contain several positive provisions that I support, it does
not ensure our most basic rights as American citizens are protected.”
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