Obama signs defense bill sacrificing civil liberties into law

Why am I not surprised President Obama signed this into law? President Barack Obama signed a wide-ranging defense bill into law Saturday despite having “serious reservations” about provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists. Under the new law signed by President Obama, any suspect who is…

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Lee Camp: “Life, Liberty, & Indefinite Detention Without A Trial” (VIDEO)

Yesterday I wrote about the dangerous provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012, provisions that would expressly empower the President — with regard to anyone who “substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners”…

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Can we expect to see the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial or Constitutional protections?

To say that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 contains some troubling provisions would be an understatement. Among them is a set of provisions that expressly empowers the President — with regard to anyone who “substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities…

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They are Afraid of a 12 Year Old Girl

The Republicans who lead the Wisconsin Assembly have been arresting anyone in the gallery of the Assembly who demonstrates anything like free speech.  They arrest people with cameras, and they arrest people with signs, and they are even arresting people with small sheets of paper.  According to the Republicans of the…

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Walker regime has begun spying on pro-union protesters

This is just creepy… Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. Dane101 has learned through a direct, anonymous source that a state emergency response team has been operating out of the GEF-2 (101 S. Webster St.) building downtown specifically to monitor protest related activity on…

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Feingold issues statement on Bush-era wiretapping

On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, and in doing so the judge rejected efforts by the Obama administration to keep the program, which was implemented during the administration of George W. Bush, cloaked in secrecy. In a 45 page…

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FBI illegally collected thousands of phone records for years

Clearly, civil liberties are overrated: The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records, according to internal bureau memos and interviews. FBI officials issued approvals after the fact…

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