Monday 21 November 2011

*** OH BOY, LETS HOPE CONGRESS DOSENT PASS THIS ONE... :-O *** http://ping.fm/f3dce Vague Wording of Senate Defense Bill Called “Disaster” by Amnesty International. At issue is Section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Bill (SB 1867) which would authorize the use of military force against any individual who has “substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces.” It also authorizes “Detention under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities…”

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