My brother commented on yesterday's post, pointing out that I'm only telling half the story. After the NDAA was passed from the House to the Senate, more provisions were added including the one allowing the President to detain anyone, not just foreigners, without trial. He included this clip of Senator Carl Levin saying that the President requested ( Read more... )

I'm pissed about sections 1021 and 1022 of the NDAA. Extrajudicial detention has been a pet issue of mine for a long time. It's bad if George Bush does it, and it's bad if Obama does it. But who exactly did what? Here's the rough overview showing for how NDAA became law.

§1021 was added to NDAA in the House by H.AMDT.325, sponsored by Rep Connie ( Read more... )