Thu 21 Feb 2013
NDAA: Pre-emptive prosecution coming to a town near you
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Democracy , Globalization/EmpireNo Comments
In the US, due process – one of the defining features of a democratic judicial process – continues to be badly bludgeoned: Obama fights tooth and nail to push through NDAA, which would allow indefinite detention of US citizens, and the definition of terrorism has expanded its unwieldy scope, casting a widening net that ensures more and more people are captured in its snare. (more…)