In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive which forbids controversial provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act from being used against lawful residents, a former architect of the infamous Bush torture program today testified in favor of indefinite detention for US citizens. Following the release of a White House “fact sheet” which announced that “Section 1022 does not apply to U.S. citizens, and the President has decided to   Read More ...

On February 18 at a mosque in Berlin, Connecticut, citizens from all walks of life and all political persuasions came together to organize themselves in opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), particularly provisions of that recently enacted law that provide for the arrest and indefinite detention of American citizens by the military. On December 31, 2011, with the President’s signing of the NDAA, the writ of habeas corpus   Read More ...

January 1 of this year President Obama signed into law the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). The stir caused throughout the internet was of biblical proportions, while the main stream media hardly spoke a word of it. The most chilling aspect of NDAA was the indefinite detention of US citizens who were only assumed to be tied to terrorist organizations. Never mind the fact that our own government has been   Read More ...

With the introduction of the Washington State Preservation of Liberty Act, Evergreen State legislators have the opportunity to exercise their right and duty, and interpose on behalf of their citizens to halt a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of federal power. NOTE: Model Legislation available here – contact your state legislators to ask that they introduce today! Five Washington state representatives introduced HB 2759 on Tuesday. The bill condemns the   Read More ...

When Barack Obama inked the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve, the president insisted that he wouldn’t use the terrifying legislation against American citizens. Another new law, however, could easily change all of that. If the Enemy Expatriation Act passes in its current form, the legislation will let the government strike away citizenship for anyone engaged in hostilities, or supporting hostilities, against the United States. The law itself   Read More ...

Remember all those neocons and Republicans who cheered George W. Bush’s “indefinite detainment” of “enemy combatants”? Many of them — though, amazingly, not all — have lost their enthusiasm for trampling the Constitution now that Obama’s administration has suspended habeas corpus for American citizens, too, with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA). Outrage over the NDAA continues to boil 16 days into Amerika’s shiny new police-state. Pray God   Read More ...

Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations around the world. Iran, for example, has been criticized for denying fair public trials and limiting privacy, while Russia has been taken to task for undermining due process. Other countries have been condemned for the use of secret evidence and torture. Even as we pass judgment on countries we   Read More ...

James B. Singleton is a Peace Officer in the State of Ohio, and also a State chapter officer for Ohio Oath Keepers. Like many other men in uniform who are faithful to God and want to remain faithful to the oath they have taken, he is concerned about the monstrous violation of our liberties that is the NDAA, passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Democrat President. He   Read More ...

Senator Joe Lieberman, who has announced that he will not be seeking reelection in 2012, seems to be taking advantage of his virtual lame-duck status by pushing for his most controversial piece of legislation yet: the Enemy Expatriation Act. The purpose of the legislation, as stated on the government website govtrack.us, is “to add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which   Read More ...

The absurdity of America today never ceases to amaze. In fact, it has become so elaborate that one might even suggest it has reached a kind of poetic symmetry. When a protest group is willing to stick their necks out to expose the horror of the National Defense Authorization Act and its open door strategy for unconstitutional arrest and indefinite detainment of American citizens, I have to stand up and   Read More ...