I read the pertinent sections of the Senate Bill when I first heard about this being voted on. I was suspicious since it was the ACLU posting the warning. I read and re-read sections 1031 and 1032 and sadly I was not sure if military detention/rendition applied to U.S. Citizens or not. Makes you wonder how Congress can vote on these bills when they are so cryptically written or maybe that is exactly the point. If the wording is unclear that makes it open to interpretation. In any event, reading the darn thing did make me feel even less safe than I did before.
Why not make it clear and state it in language that is unambiguous and so that everyone can understand it?
It would be interesting to know which person with a beating heart sat down at a desk and started to write this out as a first draft. Were they in the Bush Administration? The Obama Administration? The military legal department? A Senator’s or Representative’s office? How about a lobbiest?
Who is responsible and who owns this piece of verbiage?
I would like to know how many office holders who will vote on this have read this bill?
I may send the language of sections 1031 and 1032 to my rep to see what he says.