NDAA (indefinite detention bill) no longer faces veto threat from White House

The White House has withdrawn its veto threat of the National Defense Authorization Act which states the U.S.A. is a battlefield (WOT) and okays the detainment and indefinite detention of U.S. citizens identified as terrorists or terrorist sympathizers. The White House rescinded the veto threat after changes were made to the controversial provision. Those changes take the power of who to detain away from the Department of Defense and gives the authority to the president. Our founding fathers would be rolling in their graves if they knew just how much of our rights and freedoms we've given away since 9-11. As Ben Franklin said, "He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.” 

House, Senate agree on defense bill authorizing indefinite detentions of U.S. citizens

Donna Cassata at The Huffington Post reports: House and Senate negotiators late Monday agreed to a sweeping $662 billion defense bill that requires military custody for terrorism suspects linked to al-Qaida, including those captured within the U.S., and indefinite detention without trial for some suspects.
The big question now is whether President Barack Obama will follow through on his threat to veto it.

Taibbi discusses the declaration of Battlefield U.S.A.

The elites are feeling the heat from Occupy Wall Street and are striking back using their useful idiots in congress. If the National Defense Authorization Act passes (including the provision declaring the U.S.A. a battlefield), any U.S. citizen deemed by the government to be a terrorist or terrorist sympathizer could be detained indefinitely by the U.S. military. That means possibly anyone involved in domestic protest (OWS, Tea Party). All it would take to go after protesters is for an act of domestic violence to occur and be pinned on whatever movement it chose. Protesters could be accused of being in collusion with "associated forces." Make no mistake, this legislation has little to do with terrorists, but a lot to do with  crushing dissent.

NDAA: Handing our nation's enemies the biggest victory ever

According to a new article in The Huffington Post:

A measure that Congress will likely pass this week allowing indefinite detentions of Americans by the U.S. military will mark a significant loss in the war on terrorism, says a former admiral who ran the Navy legal system.

The National Defense Authorization Act, passed by the Senate just over a week ago after a heated debate, includes a provision that requires the military to hold foreign-born terrorism suspects, and also lets the military grab U.S. citizens for indefinite detention.

The House and Senate are expected to release the final legislation as soon as late Monday, and in spite of a personal lobbying effort by President Obama, it is expected to include the controversial language.

A growing list of current and former government officials and national security experts oppose this measure. One of them is Adm. John Hutson, Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 1997 to 2000 and dean emeritus of the University of New Hampshire School of Law. The way Hutson sees it, the United States chipping away at one of its fundamental principles of civilian law enforcement is a win for terrorists.

"The enemy is just laughing over this, because they will have gotten another victory," Hutson told The Huffington Post. "There'll be one more victory. There won't be any bloodshed or immediate bloodshed, there's not a big explosion, except in a metaphorical sense, but it is a victory nonetheless for the enemy. And it's a self-inflicted wound."