Tue 6 Dec 2011
Senate Votes Overwhelmingly To Allow Indefinite Detention of Citizens
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , DemocracyNo Comments
In one of the greatest attacks on civil liberties in this country’s history, Democratic and Republican Senators voted yesterday to approve a measure as part of the $662 billion defense bill that would allow for the military to hold both citizens and non-citizens indefinitely without trial – even those arrested on U.S. soil. (more…)