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Saturday, May 26, 2012
12-05-26 Mission Accomplished in Afghanistan!
Human Rights, US-style, to be established...
The National Defense Authorization Act is the Greatest Threat to Civil Liberties Americans Face
Erik Kain, Contributor 12/05/2011
If Obama does one thing for the remainder of his presidency let it be a veto of the National Defense Authorization Act – a law recently passed by the Senate which would place domestic terror investigations and interrogations into the hands of the military and which would open the door for trial-free, indefinite detention of anyone, including American citizens, so long as the government calls them terrorists.
READ MORE:http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/05/the-national-defense-authorization-act-is-the-greatest-threat-to-civil-liberties-americans-face/
In March, the United States and Afghanistan announced that the U.S.-run Bagram prison near Kabul will soon be handed over to Afghan control. It was a major diplomatic breakthrough that paved the way for the signing of a Strategic Partnership Agreement by President Obama and President Karzai on May 2. But the agreement to handover Bagram is leading to a dramatic and dangerous expansion of detention power in Afghanistan-and a potentially disastrous legacy for the United States.
READ MORE:http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/14/karzais_bid_for_a_dictatorial_detention_law
The National Defense Authorization Act is the Greatest Threat to Civil Liberties Americans Face
Erik Kain, Contributor 12/05/2011
If Obama does one thing for the remainder of his presidency let it be a veto of the National Defense Authorization Act – a law recently passed by the Senate which would place domestic terror investigations and interrogations into the hands of the military and which would open the door for trial-free, indefinite detention of anyone, including American citizens, so long as the government calls them terrorists.
READ MORE:http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/05/the-national-defense-authorization-act-is-the-greatest-threat-to-civil-liberties-americans-face/
Karzai's bid for a dictatorial detention law
By Chris Rogers Monday, May 14, 2012In March, the United States and Afghanistan announced that the U.S.-run Bagram prison near Kabul will soon be handed over to Afghan control. It was a major diplomatic breakthrough that paved the way for the signing of a Strategic Partnership Agreement by President Obama and President Karzai on May 2. But the agreement to handover Bagram is leading to a dramatic and dangerous expansion of detention power in Afghanistan-and a potentially disastrous legacy for the United States.
READ MORE:http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/14/karzais_bid_for_a_dictatorial_detention_law