Rand Paul tried to attach an ammendment to the bill excluding US citizens but he got shot down. We all need to contact our so called conservative senators and congressmen/women to find out if they voted for this unconstitutional POS. Five will get you Ten most of them did.
It would be one thing if the military was clamoring for the authority to become the nation’s jailer. But to the contrary: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta opposes the maneuver. So does CIA Director David Petraeus, who usually commands deference from senators in both parties.
Pretty much every security official has lined up against the Senate detention provisions, from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to FBI Director Robert Mueller,