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Hey, why not pass a law allowing the military to detain US citizens at any time, without a warrant, without having a trial, without pressing charges, etc? All they need to do is claim that someone's a terrorism suspect! What could possibly go wrong?

Seriously, sometimes I wonder if Congress is actually just reading Cory Doctorow novels for inspiration and not understanding who the good guys are.

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Date: 2011-11-30 06:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theloriest.livejournal.com
Senate approved the bill (http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/national-defense-authorization-act-indefinite-detention-citizens/5365/). Obama is threatening a veto.

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Date: 2011-11-30 06:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] feste-sylvain.livejournal.com
SRSLY, if Obama doesn't summon the testicular fortitude to veto this, he doesn't deserve to be re-elected.

(Not endorsing whomever the 'phants put up against him, mind you.)

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Date: 2011-11-30 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] radiumhead.livejournal.com
I almost wish the military would arrest everybody in the senate, first thing.

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Date: 2011-11-30 06:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slitterst.livejournal.com
Doesn't that come into direct opposition with Posse comitatus?

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Date: 2011-11-30 08:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] siliconshaman.livejournal.com
not to mention a bunch of other things... like ethics for a start!

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Date: 2011-11-30 08:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] siliconshaman.livejournal.com
Time to start looking at a plan B here.

Lets face it, if this becomes law then anyone saying 'mean things' about them, by anyone and anywhere, becomes grounds for being 'disappeared'. Which means that even Canada, or any other supposedly neutral country for that matter, isn't safe.

Me, I'm installing a privix on an encrypted flash drive with tor browser and looking at creating a new online persona, then fire-walling that from my current one. I doubt that'd stop them if they really wanted to find me, but it should make it hard enough that it's not worth the effort for what's a relatively minor irritation.

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Date: 2011-12-01 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greylistening.livejournal.com
Seriously, sometimes I wonder if Congress is actually just reading Cory Doctorow novels for inspiration and not understanding who the good guys are.

Bwahahahaha! Yes.

I've actually wondered this often since I first started reading Cory.

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