THE PATRIOT ACT ON STEROID

posted Dec 2, 2011 10:16 PM by Anibal Show [ updated Dec 16, 2011 8:15 AM ]

WHO IS THE TERRORIST, CONGRESS?

The American soil is declared a battlefield and allows the President and all future Chief Executives to order the military to arrest and detain American citizens, innocent or not, without charge or trial.

In other words, if the President signs S 1687 NDAA, Occupy Wall Street protesters or any American could end up arrested and indefinitely locked up by the military without the guaranteed right to due process or a speedy trial.

President Obama presents himself as a Constitutional law professor.

Update: 12-14-11: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement that changes lawmakers made to the legislation to accommodate White House concerns were sufficient to avoid a veto. The statement was issued just before the House was expected to vote on the conferenced House-Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

Gobierno al borde de locura

<^> El territorio americano ha sido declarado como campo de batalla por la cámara de Representantes y el Senado con la aprobación de la ley S 1687, NDAA, sigla en inglés.

La ley sancionada por ambas cámaras autoriza al Presidente a ordenar a los militares el arresto de cualquier ciudadano americano, sospechoso o no, sin cargo ni juicio. En otras palabras, si el Presidente promulga la ley los manifestantes del Occupy Wall Street o cualquier persona podrían ser detenidos indefinidamente por los militares sin la garantía constitucional a un proceso judicial diligente ni rápido.

El 14 de diciembre del 2011 el secretario de Prensa de la Casa Blanca, Jay Carney, anunció que el presidente Obama no vetará la ley que salga de ambas cámaras.

YES WE CAN! BE DETAINED FOREVER

De acuerdo a lo expresado en el video la administración del presidente Barack Obama pidió explícitamente que se mantuviera la Sección 1031 de la ley NDAA, por la que cualquier ciudadano americano sería detenido por los militares sin motivo alguno y por tiempo indeterminado en prisiones militares y bajo tribunal militar.

Menos mal el Presidente Obama dice ser profesor de Derecho Constitucional

3-16-11: The three provisions allow for the use of roving wiretaps; national security letters (which let the government access business records, for example) and the "lone wolf" provision which allows the government to monitor suspected targets even if they are not affiliated with any recognized terrorist group. The US Congress moved quickly to approve the bill to extend the Patriot Act, as the provisions must be approved by February 28th. The bill allows for the provisions extension through May 2011.

05/27/11: Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.

"It's an important tool for us to continue dealing with an ongoing terrorist threat," Obama said Friday after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

With Obama in France, the White House said the president used an autopen machine that holds a pen and signs his actual signature. It is only used with proper authorization of the president.

The roving wiretaps and access to business records are small parts of the USA Patriot Act enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But unlike most of the act, which is permanent law, those provisions must be renewed periodically because of concerns that they could be used to violate privacy rights. The same applies to the "lone wolf" provision, which was part of a 2004 intelligence law.

In the rush to meet the terrorist threat in 2001 Congress enacted a Patriot Act that tramples on individual liberties. Some liberal Democrats and civil liberties groups have long contended the law gives the government authority to spy on innocent citizens.

REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT CAMPAIGN

Originally created 07/04/2003--- On the eve of Independence Day, more than 50 people gathered at the main library on Greene Street to celebrate their freedom of speech. The group gathered in a 100-city national protest of the Patriot Act, which was

passed Oct. 26, 2001, and designed to curtail the efforts of terrorists at home and abroad.

Those gathered Thursday want the act repealed. "Both nationally and locally, petitions have been circulated which reflect a nonpartisan, nonsectarian desire for the reversal of this repressive legislation," said Denice Traina, the organizer of the event. "Events like these are very patriotic because the freedoms that every American holds true are evident in public meetings."

The legislation known as the Patriot Act came shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, as an attempt to limit terrorists living or working in America. Certain aspects of the Patriot Act include allowing federal agents to search an individual's library records; providing authority for wire taps, broad surveillance tactics and voice mail confiscation; and providing authority for stringent penalties for terrorists. "The act was a hasty decision made after a horrible occurrence," Ms. Traina said. "We are all here to show that we will not stand for a loss of civil liberties."

The Patriot Act protest drew a cultural melting pot of individuals to the second floor meeting room of the library. Blacks, whites, Muslims and even a man from Paraguay attended the event. Anibal Ibarra, an American resident of 10 years, said he knows about the loss of freedoms from growing up in Paraguay. "I grew up in an oppressive, military regime," he said, adding that only a person who hasn't had freedom for a time can truly understand the loss.

Some used the forum to attack the Bush administration, with one person comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler and the Patriot Act to the Japanese internment policies of World War II.

Terence Dicks, a member of the Georgia Rural and Urban Summit, said, "If nothing else, this gives us a chance to hold meetings to talk about things going on in the community. We are America and getting together to talk about things puts us in the right direction."

By Jonathan Heeter