So you don't think your government is out of control? You don't think that the bills being passed are aimed at US citizens, they are just aimed at the terrorists over in the middle east, right?
WRONG!
Here's the direct text that plainly states HR 6166 is not aimed at "foreign terrorists" whatsoever. It is aimed clearly at YOU.
Subchapter 7 Section 950v Subsection 27 of HR 6166
"Any person subject to this chapter who with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign power, collects or attempts to collect information by clandestine means or while acting under false pretenses, for the purpose of conveying such information to an enemy of the United States, or one of the co-belligerents of the enemy, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a military commission under this chapter may direct."
Subchapter 7 Subsection 26 of section 950v. of HR 6166
"Any person subject to this chapter who, in breach of an allegiance or duty to the United States, knowingly and intentionally aids an enemy of the United States, or one of the co-belligerents of the enemy, shall be punished as a military commission under this chapter may direct."
On the face of it, it is easy to go "Good. No quarter to the enemy." I will admit, that's the gut reaction. Only when you look at it critically does it really hit you. These people are serious, and this bill is directed at Americans.
Think about this. The enemy, by very nature of being an enemy and foreign national holds no allegiance to the United States to begin with. How can he "breach of an allegiance or duty to the United States"? The answer, once put that way, is obvious. He can't, but you can.
So the next thing that comes to mind is that the Supreme Court will slap this thing down. But that's probably not going to happen either. Read the full text of the bill and you'll realize that safeguards against that were built in as well.
It's distinctly possible that this law is is beyond fixing via a legal means.
Think about that people.
Don't believe it? I've attached a copy of HR6166 that I got directly from the Government Printing Office.
Look at this with a critical mind folks.
Under this bill, the president or his designee can simply decide that someone poses a threat, call them an unlawful enemy combatant, and lock them away. Yes, they are entitled to a determination by the Combatant Status Review Tribunal of whether they in fact meet the definition of unlawful enemy combatant. But the law doesn't impose a time limit. The government could simply postpone that hearing indefinitely, and the detainee would have the status of "awaiting such determination," and not be given access to federal court.
That means that if the government decides never to try an individual before a commission, but just holds them in prison indefinitely, there is no way that they can ever get a hearing on whether they are being held illegally-- because they are not in fact a terrorist; or a hearing on whether they are being treated illegally-- because they have been abused or tortured or subjected to one of the Administration's "alternative sets of procedures"-- i.e. - torture.
This is truly scary shit folks. Wake up.
WRONG!
Here's the direct text that plainly states HR 6166 is not aimed at "foreign terrorists" whatsoever. It is aimed clearly at YOU.
Subchapter 7 Section 950v Subsection 27 of HR 6166
"Any person subject to this chapter who with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign power, collects or attempts to collect information by clandestine means or while acting under false pretenses, for the purpose of conveying such information to an enemy of the United States, or one of the co-belligerents of the enemy, shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a military commission under this chapter may direct."
Subchapter 7 Subsection 26 of section 950v. of HR 6166
"Any person subject to this chapter who, in breach of an allegiance or duty to the United States, knowingly and intentionally aids an enemy of the United States, or one of the co-belligerents of the enemy, shall be punished as a military commission under this chapter may direct."
On the face of it, it is easy to go "Good. No quarter to the enemy." I will admit, that's the gut reaction. Only when you look at it critically does it really hit you. These people are serious, and this bill is directed at Americans.
Think about this. The enemy, by very nature of being an enemy and foreign national holds no allegiance to the United States to begin with. How can he "breach of an allegiance or duty to the United States"? The answer, once put that way, is obvious. He can't, but you can.
So the next thing that comes to mind is that the Supreme Court will slap this thing down. But that's probably not going to happen either. Read the full text of the bill and you'll realize that safeguards against that were built in as well.
It's distinctly possible that this law is is beyond fixing via a legal means.
Think about that people.
Don't believe it? I've attached a copy of HR6166 that I got directly from the Government Printing Office.
Look at this with a critical mind folks.
Under this bill, the president or his designee can simply decide that someone poses a threat, call them an unlawful enemy combatant, and lock them away. Yes, they are entitled to a determination by the Combatant Status Review Tribunal of whether they in fact meet the definition of unlawful enemy combatant. But the law doesn't impose a time limit. The government could simply postpone that hearing indefinitely, and the detainee would have the status of "awaiting such determination," and not be given access to federal court.
That means that if the government decides never to try an individual before a commission, but just holds them in prison indefinitely, there is no way that they can ever get a hearing on whether they are being held illegally-- because they are not in fact a terrorist; or a hearing on whether they are being treated illegally-- because they have been abused or tortured or subjected to one of the Administration's "alternative sets of procedures"-- i.e. - torture.
This is truly scary shit folks. Wake up.
