Thread: Indefinite Detention of US Citizens-A good thing?

Mr Borey, that is the most disjointed news article that I've ever read (it's like a NY Times opinion piece).
As to your Q, I believe that supposed terrorists were detained under the Patriot Act. The problem is, they can bag you for saying the First Lady is a pig.

Originally Posted by Minnie Maugham

Mr Borey, that is the most disjointed news article that I've ever read (it's like a NY Times opinion piece).
As to your Q, I believe that supposed terrorists were detained under the Patriot Act. The problem is, they can bag you for saying the First Lady is a pig.

I agree, it is difficult to read. Here is another source, the ACLU blog:

The Senate voted last Thursday to pass S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would authorize the president to send the military literally anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial. Prison based on suspicion alone. The power is so sweeping that the president would be able to direct the military to use its powers within the United States itself, and even lock up American citizens without charge or trial.
No corner of the world, not even your own home, would be off-limits to the military. And there is no exception for American citizens. Section 1031 — one of the indefinite detention provisions — of the Senate-approved version of the NDAA has no limitations whatsoever based on geography, duration or citizenship. And the entire Senate bill was drafted in secret, with no hearing, and with committee votes behind closed doors.
I'm not sure which was more surprising — that the majority of senators ignored the pleas of countless constituents, or that they also ignored every top national security official opposed to the provisions. Opposition to the detention provisions came from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, CIA Director David Petraeus, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, White House Advisor for Counterterrorism John Brennan, and DOJ National Security Division head Lisa Monaco. The Senate ignored them all.