codrus on Nostr: The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual military funding bill ...
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual military funding bill passed this week, authorizes nearly $885 billion in spending.
Glaringly missing in the coverage is the Senate's apparent rejection of a House amendment to the NDAA that would have limited the controversial and ongoing ‘right’ of the military to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or trial.
This indefinite detention provision was first introduced at the end of 2011 in the 2012 iteration of the annual bill.
The indefinite detention of any human without charge or trial—regardless of their State-designated citizenship status—violates the basic principles of due process.
As the political machine continues to highlight seemingly insurmountable differences between Republicans and Democrats, on matters of civil liberties and empire, they remain very much in lockstep.
You can read the full article at: https://shorturl.at/StNOi
Glaringly missing in the coverage is the Senate's apparent rejection of a House amendment to the NDAA that would have limited the controversial and ongoing ‘right’ of the military to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or trial.
This indefinite detention provision was first introduced at the end of 2011 in the 2012 iteration of the annual bill.
The indefinite detention of any human without charge or trial—regardless of their State-designated citizenship status—violates the basic principles of due process.
As the political machine continues to highlight seemingly insurmountable differences between Republicans and Democrats, on matters of civil liberties and empire, they remain very much in lockstep.
You can read the full article at: https://shorturl.at/StNOi