Nearly 40 People Arrested Outside of Obama’s White House Protesting Guantanamo, Indefinite Detention

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Common Dreams Thirty-seven members of Witness Against Torture, a grassroots organization calling for the closure of the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were arrested in front of the White House around three o’clock this afternoon. Dressed in the iconic Guantanamo orange jumpsuits and black hoods and accompanied by a cage representing indefinite detention, [...]

Ohio Peace Officer Drafts NDAA Letter For Police And Sheriffs

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James B. Singleton | Oathkeepers Below is a letter composed by one of our peace officers in Ohio. This letter was written to raise awareness of the ominous problems in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. Because Jim Singleton is a State chapter officer for Ohio Oath Keepers and is Ohio’s Peace Officer Liaison, [...]

Edgar Steele and the National Defense Authorization Act

Edgar Steele and the National Defense Authorization Act

The Intel Hub Sartre January 9, 2012 From the ACLU to hard-core traditional conservative pundits, opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act is united. Yet you hear almost nothing in the propaganda media about the final nail in the coffin of the Republic. Legalizing a draconian police state is in place. Burning the final copy of the [...]

Ohio Peace Officer Drafts NDAA Letter For Police And Sheriffs

OathKeepers.org January 9, 2011 Below is a letter composed by one of our peace officers in Ohio. This letter was written to raise awareness of the ominous problems in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. Because Jim Singleton is a State chapter officer for Ohio Oath Keepers and is Ohio’s Peace Officer Liaison, this [...]

The scaffolding of an American police state

ShareThis The scaffolding of an American police state By Bill Van Auken 06 Jan 2012 With his December 31 signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), allowing for indefinite military detention without charges or trial, Barack Obama has made an infamous contribution to the steady march towards police-state dictatorship in the United States… As [...]

THE INAUGURATION OF POLICE STATE USA 2012. Obama Signs the “National Defense Authorization Act ”

Global Research By Michel Chossudovsky January 1, 2012 With minimal media debate, at a time when Americans were celebrating the New Year with their loved ones,  the “National Defense Authorization Act ” H.R. 1540 was signed into law by President Barack Obama. The actual signing took place in Hawaii on the 31st of December. According to [...]

8 ‘Occupy’ protesters arrested at Iowa Democratic Party headquarters

ShareThis 8 ‘Occupy’ protesters arrested at Iowa Democratic Party headquarters –Protesters were there to demand that President Obama veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the omnibus spending bill. 19 Dec 2011 Eight people affiliated with Occupy Des Moines were arrested this afternoon at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines. The eight, [...]

Senate approves S.1867, the Draconian “National Defense Authorization Act”

Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil, and detain some indefinitely. The vote was 93-7 for the bill authorizing money for military personnel, [...]

New Amendments Introduced To Halt Indefinite Detention of Americans

Obama administration reaffirms support for state sponsored assassination of U.S. citizens Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Thursday, December 1, 2011 Two new amendments that would attempt to halt the indefinite detention of American citizens on U.S. soil under a section of the National Defense Authorization Act have been introduced and could be voted on by the [...]

House Passes Authority for Worldwide War

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The House just passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including a provision to authorize worldwide war, which has no expiration date and will allow this president — and any future president — to go to war anywhere in the world, at any time, without further congressional authorization. The new authorization wouldn’t even require the [...]