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Not just unethical. Illegal. Indefinite detention without charge is against the law.
by zik 10y ago
Not just unethical. Illegal. Indefinite detention without charge is against the law.
- adventured 10y agoWhat's the current status on §§ 1021-1022 from the 2012 NDAA bill? [1] Did that become law as it was written, and is it still active? It made provisions for the US military to indefinitely detain US citizens without due process. I've found these things difficult to keep track of frankly, with so many egregious laws from just the last ten years. [1] https://www.aclu.org/news/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law https://www.aclu.org/news/president-obama-signs-indefinite-d...
- sschueller 10y agoObama quietly signed the following in January: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2943/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/294...
- PostOnce 10y agoQuietly? is that a necessary or even applicable verb here? It's public record, he was the President of the United States, and it's a major budgetary act for the biggest military in the world and covered by hundreds of news agencies. Are you quite sure he signed it quietly?
- PostOnce 10y agoWell I can't edit my now-0 comment, but the point is, slipping in words like "quietly" assigns an intent which may not be present. As though Obama were trying to sneak the NDAA past everyone. It's hard to covertly sign any legislation as the president, notwithstanding secret courts and laws (fisa, patriot act secret interpretations, etc). Just saying, we don't need to try to make people think a certain way by guiding them with weasel words, people can read facts and make a judgement, without trying to subtly assign some bias in either direction.
- zhemao 10y agoWikipedia indicates that it's still in effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_detention_without_trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_detention_without_t... This is mainly because nobody has standing to challenge the law. To my knowledge, no US Citizen has yet been detained as an enemy combatant since the law was passed. It will be an interesting court case once that happens.