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Previously on "oh dear : US can detain any citizen indefinitely"
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Originally posted by sappatzthis is not different from nazi germany
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Originally posted by sappatzthis is not different from nazi germany
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As soon as powers get abused it will create major scandal and take them away for good, probably they will never be given again.
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Maybe, maybe not. He got those powers while the "war" on terror continues....one problem though, that war is unlikely to ever end.
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"But the court's ruling, written by Judge Michael Luttig, who is considered a potential Supreme Court nominee, said definitively that Mr Bush had been given such powers by the congressional declaration authorising military force following the September 11 terrorist attacks."
Cogress giveth and congress taketh -- I can't see this measure either used often or actually surviving often.
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Been like that since shortly after 9/11, thanks to that attack congress was so frightened out of their wits that they passed the law with little thought. Since then the "right" to fair trial by your peers has not existed in the US
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oh dear : US can detain any citizen indefinitely
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7e46e8ce-21...00e2511c8.html
any citizen (US included) can be detained indefinitely without review by civilian courts
this is not different from nazi germany : Heil Bush ! long live the american gestapo (FBI) !Tags: None
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