Post by patriotpreacher on Dec 27, 2011 6:40:16 GMT -5
The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Salon.com
Friday, Dec 16, 2011 6:56 AM 06:08:54 EST
Three myths about the detention bill
The language of the bill President Obama will sign is crystal clear on most key issues -- and it is repugnant
By Glenn Greenwald
"Condemnation of President Obama is intense, and growing, as a result of his announced intent to sign into law the indefinite detention bill embedded in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These denunciations come not only from the nation’s leading civil liberties and human rights groups, but also from the pro-Obama New York Times Editorial Page, which today has a scathing Editorial describing Obama’s stance as “a complete political cave-in, one that reinforces the impression of a fumbling presidency” and lamenting that “the bill has so many other objectionable aspects that we can’t go into them all,” as well as from vocal Obama supporters such as Andrew Sullivan, who wrote yesterday that this episode is “another sign that his campaign pledge to be vigilant about civil liberties in the war on terror was a lie.” In damage control mode, White-House-allied groups are now trying to ride to the rescue with attacks on the ACLU and dismissive belittling of the bill’s dangers."(con't)
www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/
Salon.com
Friday, Dec 16, 2011 6:56 AM 06:08:54 EST
Three myths about the detention bill
The language of the bill President Obama will sign is crystal clear on most key issues -- and it is repugnant
By Glenn Greenwald
"Condemnation of President Obama is intense, and growing, as a result of his announced intent to sign into law the indefinite detention bill embedded in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These denunciations come not only from the nation’s leading civil liberties and human rights groups, but also from the pro-Obama New York Times Editorial Page, which today has a scathing Editorial describing Obama’s stance as “a complete political cave-in, one that reinforces the impression of a fumbling presidency” and lamenting that “the bill has so many other objectionable aspects that we can’t go into them all,” as well as from vocal Obama supporters such as Andrew Sullivan, who wrote yesterday that this episode is “another sign that his campaign pledge to be vigilant about civil liberties in the war on terror was a lie.” In damage control mode, White-House-allied groups are now trying to ride to the rescue with attacks on the ACLU and dismissive belittling of the bill’s dangers."(con't)
www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/
