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america the new gitmo
Bookmarked 739 weeks ago the us congress voted to pass the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2012 the act allows for the indefinite detention and torture of someone suspected being a member of al-qaeda including us citizens it also gives more than 600 billion towards defense spending for 2012 congress039 86 to 13 vote will give the military the right to bypass any trail hearings for anyone suspected to be associated with a al-qaeda or any associated network j a myerson contributor for truthout joins to talk more about thisfollow kristine on twitter at http:twittercomkristinefrazao |
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chris hedges sues obama admin over indefinite detention of us citizens approved in ndaa
Bookmarked 735 weeks ago wwwdemocracynoworg - pulitzer prize-winning journalist chris hedges has filed suit against president obama and secretary of defense leon panetta to challenge the legality of the national defense authorization act which includes controversial provisions authorizing the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial sections of the bill are written so broadly that critics say they could encompass journalists who report on terror-related issues such as hedges for supporting enemy forces quotit is clearly unconstitutionalquot hedges says of the bill quotit is a huge and egregious assault against our democracy it overturns over 200 years of law which has kept the military out of domestic policingquot we speak with hedges now a senior fellow at the nation institute and former new york times foreign correspondent who was part of a team of reporters that was awarded the pulitzer prize in 2002 for the paper039s coverage of global terrorism we are also joined by hedges039 attorney carl mayer who filed the litigation on his behalf in the us district court for the southern district of new yorkto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for additional coverage of the ndaa and civil liberties issues visit the democracy now news archives at http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt |
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breaking news: gov activating quotfema campsquot across us
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago http:wwwdailymotioncomthealexjonesshowvideoid=xmrmgakurt nimmo and alex joneshttp:wwwinfowarscomhttp:wwwprisonplanettvdecember 6 2011infowarscom has received a document originating from halliburton subsidiary kbr that provides details on a push to outfit fema and us army camps around the united states entitled quotproject overview and anticipated project requirementsquot the document describes services kbr is looking to farm out to subcontractors the document was passed on to us by a state government employee who wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasonsservices up for bid include catering temporary fencing and barricades laundry and medical services power generation refuse collection and other services required for temporary quotemergency environmentquot camps located in five regions of the united statesinternment camp services bid arrives after ndaakbr039s call for fema camp service bids arrives soon after the senate overwhelmingly passed the national defense authorization act ndaa which permits the military to detain and interrogate supposed domestic terror suspects in violation of the fourth amendment and posse comitatussection 1031 of the ndaa bill declares the whole of the united states as a quotbattlefieldquot and allows american citizens to be arrested on us soil and incarcerated in guantanamo baya number of civil liberties groups have come out in strong opposition to the legislation most notably the japanese american citizens league jacl the nation039s oldest and largest asian american civil and human rights organizationin a letter addressed to congress s floyd mori the national director of jacl said the ndaa is the first time that congress has scaled back on the protections provided by the non-detention act of 1971 mori said the legislation if enacted and put into use would be reminiscent of the unconstitutional indefinite detention of japanese americans during world war iikbr instrumental in establishing camps in 2006in 2006 kbr was awarded a contingency contract from the department of homeland security allegedly to support its immigration and customs enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency market watch reportedthe contract was effective immediately and provided for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to expand existing ice detention and removal operations program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the us or to support the rapid development of new programs kbr said the contract may also provide migrant detention support to other government organizations in the event of an immigration emergency as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency such as a natural disaster the company explainedthe 45 regions indicated in the kbr documentarmy releases civilian inmate labor program documentsoon after kbr039s announcement a little-known army document surfaced entitled the quotcivilian inmate labor programquot the unclassified document describes in detail army regulation 210-35 the regulation first drafted in 1997 underwent a quotrapid act revisionquot in january 2005 and now provides a policy for the creation of labor programs and prison camps on army installationsnational emergency centers actin 2009 the national emergency centers act or hr 645 was introduced in congress it mandates the establishment of quotnational emergency centersquot to be located on military installations for the purpose of providing quottemporary housing medical and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disasterquot according to the billin addition to emergencies the legislation is designed to quotmeet other appropriate needs as determined by the secretary of homeland securityquot an open ended mandate which many fear could mean the forced detention of american citizens in the event of widespread rioting after a national emergency or total economic collapse as paul joseph watson noted in january of 2009also in 2009 the army national guard began posting advertisements calling for internmentresettlement specialists a fact noted by infowarscom prison planetcom and other alternative media outlets but ignored by the establishment mediaprecursor: rex 84 mass detention operation rex 84 short for readiness exercise 1984 was established under the pretext of a quotmass exodusquot of illegal aliens crossing the mexicanus border the same pretense used in the language of the kbr request for serviceshttp:wwwinfowarscomexclusive-government-activating-fema-camps-across-u-s |
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039in gitmo i got 30 days in darkness for feeding iguanas039 - ex-detainee
Bookmarked 760 weeks ago guantanamo bay continues to wreck lives despite president obama039s pledge to shut the notorious prison rt spoke to one former prisoner murat kurnaz who says the us has not issued even a simple apology for his years of tormentrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews |