McLame is no friend of the Constitution. Remember McLame-Finegold?
I’ve read Section 1031, and it specificaly defines “covered persons” as 9/11 planners/helpers and members/supporters of Al Quaeda/Taliban “and associated entities”.
This is really overreacting. Yes, I understand the “nose under the tent” argument, but this ain’t it.
Colonel, USAFR
If Dubya had proposed this as an anti-terrorist measure five years ago, at least half of FR would have cheered it to the skies.
Our lil pal Linsey Graham is also part of the gang.
Seem to have trouble finding the specifics of this Act.
But the Constitution specifically allows for suspension of civil rights by Congress under certain circumstances.
“The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”
Elipsis: (...) Latin for you are about to be bullshitted by something taken out of context that is nowhere near accurate.
If you will notice and look back in time, except at election time Senate Republicans walk hand in hand with Senate Democrats.
3 SEC. 1032. REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY CUSTODY. 4 (a) CUSTODY PENDING DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF 5 WAR.— 6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (4), the Armed Forces of the United States 8 shall hold a person described in paragraph (2) who 9 is captured in the course of hostilities authorized by 10 the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public 11 Law 107–40) in military custody pending disposition 12 under the law of war. 13 (2) COVERED PERSONS.—The requirement in 14 paragraph (1) shall apply to any person whose de15 tention is authorized under section 1031 who is de16 termined— 17 (A) to be a member of, or part of, al- 18 Qaeda or an associated force that acts in co19 ordination with or pursuant to the direction of 20 al-Qaeda; and 21 (B) to have participated in the course of 22 planning or carrying out an attack or attempted 23 attack against the United States or its coalition 24 partners. 1 (3) DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR.—For 2 purposes of this subsection, the disposition of a per3 son under the law of war has the meaning given in 4 section 1031(c), except that no transfer otherwise 5 described in paragraph (4) of that section shall be 6 made unless consistent with the requirements of sec7 tion 1033. 8 (4) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—The 9 Secretary of Defense may, in consultation with the 10 Secretary of State and the Director of National In11 telligence, waive the requirement of paragraph (1) if 12 the Secretary submits to Congress a certification in 13 writing that such a waiver is in the national security 14 interests of the United States.
(b) APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.— (1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.—The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States. (2) LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to a lawful resident alien of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States, except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.
3 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 6 shall issue, and submit to Congress, procedures for 7 implementing this section. 8 (2) ELEMENTS.—The procedures for imple9 menting this section shall include, but not be limited 10 to, procedures as follows: 11 (A) Procedures designating the persons au12 thorized to make determinations under sub13 section (a)(2) and the process by which such 14 determinations are to be made. 15 (B) Procedures providing that the require16 ment for military custody under subsection 17 (a)(1) does not require the interruption of ongo18 ing surveillance or intelligence gathering with 19 regard to persons not already in the custody or 20 control of the United States. 21 (C) Procedures providing that a determina22 tion under subsection (a)(2) is not required to 23 be implemented until after the conclusion of an 24 interrogation session which is ongoing at the 25 time the determination is made and does not 1 require the interruption of any such ongoing 2 session. 3 (D) Procedures providing that the require4 ment for military custody under subsection 5 (a)(1) does not apply when intelligence, law en6 forcement, or other government officials of the 7 United States are granted access to an indi8 vidual who remains in the custody of a third 9 country. 10 (E) Procedures providing that a certifi11 cation of national security interests under sub12 section (a)(4) may be granted for the purpose 13 of transferring a covered person from a third 14 country if such a transfer is in the interest of 15 the United States and could not otherwise be 16 accomplished. 17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 18 on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment 19 of this Act, and shall apply with respect to persons de20 scribed in subsection (a)(2) who are taken into the custody 21 or brought under the control of the United States on or 22 after that effective date.
I always look at a bill like this by ignoring the specific arguments made using examples.
What I worry about is how this could be used, bent, tweeked and molded to use for other than the examples stated.
Because that is probably the intent planned.
I think McStain has gone over the hill. There is something seriously effing wrong with the guy and I just thank God we didn’t elect him president. I think he would love to see the military take over and he would be the General.
Mail Online: Flying proudly over the birthplace of Libya's revolution, the flag of Al Qaeda
To anyone awake that has a basic knowledge of history it is patently obvious that this police state is being constructed to contain and control the Americans people. They are going to be mightily P.O.'ed when they find out that the Banksters have stolen their wealth, their liberty, and their futures.
Fifteen more minutes for McCain. Years of tyranny for Americans. Please go away Juan.