wagglebee, this article is not true. These “constitutional scholars” are just yanking your chain.
The article itself quotes the language of the bill that specifically excludes US citizens, and that it applies only to Al-Qaeda.
It in fact doesn’t give any power to the Presidents that they don’t already have, and Senators like Rubio and DeMint would not have voted for it if it in anyway would lead to detention without trial of American dissidents.
This is simply crying wolf.
There are too many real threats from Obama to waste time on something like this, but day after day, it keeps surfacing on FR.
Perhaps you should have written what you did in huge red letters, or pinged every poster on this thread.
Is there a convention for this on FR like a huge stop sign graphic? I’ve seen this situation occur before with Freepers getting up in arms over a hoax, with the lone but correct naysayer (not me) buried in the noise. Maybe a convention should BE established.
Here’s a decent article that breaks down the intentionally vague and confusing language of NDAA 2012
Two questions A.Hun for you since you think this is a all about nothing situation.
1. Why did the Obama admin specifically ask that the language protecting US citizens from any of this be specifically removed before he would consider signing it?
2. Why would the President after signing it have to release a special statement saying he wouldn’t target American citizens since parts of the NDAA 2012 he has reservations with, sec 1021 to be exact?
There’s more than a few FReepers who have their heads way down in the sand on this one and think its nothing to worry about. This admin will be coming for our guns soon, and of course that will be nothing to worry about also right???