December 2011 Archives
"If you think Weimar Republic Germany is a long time ago and far away so it can't happen here, you are wrong. It can happen here, and unless something is done to stop it, it almost surely will happen here. It is happening already -- Thurman Hubbard
David Gespass, president of the National Lawyers Guild, calls this bill an "enormous attack on the U.S. and our heritage" and a "significant step" towards fascism.
Defence Act Affirms Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens
see also The Fast Hardening of Soft Fascism
"President Obama, who endorsed protection for courageous whistleblowers during his campaign, has been both unwilling to investigate crimes of the Bush administration and most willing to invoke the Espionage Act of 1917...
Former CIA analyst Mel Goodman speaks at Illinois State University. (Photo by Ryan Denham/WJBC)
c/o Huffington Post:
The Senate passed a defense bill Thursday that authorizes indefinite detentions of American terrorism suspects, coincidentally acting on the controversial measure on the 220th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
The bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, passed 86 to 13 and is expected to be signed quickly by President Obama, who withdrew a veto threat against the bill Wednesday. Six Democrats, six Republicans and one independent opposed the bill.
