UPDATE:A compromise has been reached supposedly fixing the bill by saying that the law is unchanged regarding U.S. citizens.The ACLU disputes this.I will try to discover the truth by Saturday.Right now I need to post some more links & attend to some personal matters.
Senate Kills Effort To Ban Indefinite Military Detentions Of U.S. Citizens http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/p.html?id=1124534
"As part of the detention compromise, Feinstein extracted a promise from Senate leaders that they would insist on the Senate's new language remaining in the final product. It could change, however. The American Civil Liberties Union found the compromise troubling, and said the president should still veto the bill because even with the no-change language, the measure sets in stone the military's ability to operate inside the U.S. borders. "The bill is an historic threat to American citizens and others because it expands and makes permanent the authority of the president to order the military to imprison without charge or trial American citizens," said ACLU senior legislative counsel Christopher Anders in a statement. "The final amendment to preserve current detention restrictions could turn out to be meaningless and Sens. [Carl] Levin [Micigan Democrat] and Graham made clear that they believe this power to use the military against American citizens will not be affected by the new
language," Anders said. " Senate passes Defense spending bill - The Hill's DEFCON Hill http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/budget-approriations/196773-senate-passe...
Senate Kills Effort To Ban Indefinite Military Detentions Of U.S. Citizens http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/p.html?id=1124534
"As part of the detention compromise, Feinstein extracted a promise from Senate leaders that they would insist on the Senate's new language remaining in the final product. It could change, however. The American Civil Liberties Union found the compromise troubling, and said the president should still veto the bill because even with the no-change language, the measure sets in stone the military's ability to operate inside the U.S. borders. "The bill is an historic threat to American citizens and others because it expands and makes permanent the authority of the president to order the military to imprison without charge or trial American citizens," said ACLU senior legislative counsel Christopher Anders in a statement. "The final amendment to preserve current detention restrictions could turn out to be meaningless and Sens. [Carl] Levin [Micigan Democrat] and Graham made clear that they believe this power to use the military against American citizens will not be affected by the new
language," Anders said. " Senate passes Defense spending bill - The Hill's DEFCON Hill http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/budget-approriations/196773-senate-passe...
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