In that regard, the play has been a lot like the NDAA. In reality, we're already detaining Americans indefinitely without charge - and those are the 'lucky' one

In that regard, the play has been a lot like the NDAA. In reality, we're already detaining Americans indefinitely without charge - and those are the 'lucky' ones. With others, we simply dispatch drones to assassinate them. "All this bill does is codify existing practice" was the same argument used in that case. "And anyway, there are rigorous procedures in place." Rigorous secret procedures, that is. Kind of like the rigorous procedures that pertained to water-boarding.