1 USA Patriot Act - A 342 page document
presented to Congress one day before voting on it that allows the government
access to your bank and email accounts, as well as your medical and phone
records with no court order. They can also search your home anytime without a
warrant.
2 USA Patriot Act II - This one allows
secret government arrests, the legal authority to seize your American
citizenship, and the extraction of your DNA if you are deemed a potential
terrorist.
3 Military Commissions Act of 2006 - Ends
habeas corpus, the right to an attorney, and the right to court review of one's
detention and arrest. Without this most basic right, all other rights are gone
too since anyone can be detained indefinitely. Now anyone may be arrested and
incarcerated and nobody would know.
4 NSPD 51 - A directive signed by George
W. Bush on May 9, 2007, that allows the President to declare martial law,
effectively transforming the U.S. into a dictatorship with no checks and
balances from the Legislative or Judicial Branches. Parts of this directive are
considered classified and members of Congress have been denied the right to
review it.
5 Protect America Act of 2007 - Allows
unprecedented domestic wiretapping and surveillance activities with a reduction
in FISA court oversight. Probable cause is not needed.
6 John Warner Defense Authorization Act -
Signed by George W. Bush on October 17, 2007, this act allows the President to
declare a public emergency and station troops anywhere in America without the
consent of the governor or local authorities to "suppress public disorder.
7 Homegrown Terrorism and Radicalization Act - Passed overwhelmingly by Congress on October
23, 2007, This act will beget a new crackdown on dissent and the Constitutional
rights of American citizens. The definitions of "terrorism" and "extremism" are
so vague that they could be used to generalize against any group that is
working against the policies of the Administration. In this bill, "violent
radicalization" criminalizes thought and ideology while "homegrown terrorism"
is defined as "the planed use of force to coerce the government." The term,
"force" could encompass political activities such as protests, marches, or any
other form of non-violent resistance.
Now this isn't the
last of it. The Obama Administration asked for a provision in section 1021 of
the NDAA, that U.S. citizens be added. Section 1021
states:
The detention sections of the NDAA begin by
"affirm[ing]" that the authority of the President under the AUMF, a
joint resolution passed in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001
attacks, includes the power to detain, via the Armed Forces, any person
(including U.S. citizens) "who was part of or substantially supported
al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities
against the United States or its coalition partners", and anyone who
commits a "belligerent act" against the U.S. or its coalition allies
in aid of such enemy forces, under the law of war, "without trial, until
the end of the hostilities authorized by the [AUMF]". The text authorizes
trial by military tribunal, or "transfer to the custody or control of the
person's country of origin", or transfer to "any other foreign
country, or any other foreign entity".[21]
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