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Why is the NDAA bill not a big story in the press?
Since you represent the "press" to me, what I want to know is why the press takes the passage and
signing of the NDAA statute so calmly. While most Americans were celebrating New Years Eve,
President Barack Obama quietly signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise
known as the “Indefinite Detention Act,” into law while in Hawaii. Obama had initially said he would veto
the bill which contains the draconian language authorizing the US military to seize and incarcerate US
citizens without warrant, due process, trial, etc. For some reason Obama changed his mind after the bill
passed both houses of Congress. Did he sign it in the White House using a dozen pens as he was
surrounded by the bills sponsors anxiously awaiting their "pen that signed the NDAA bill"? No. He
signed it while the press and other observers were taking a break to watch the ball drop in Times
Square. Here is where you picture spending New Years with Donnie whilst the ball drops, but Donnie is
concerned with the NDAA bill and if Obama is going to pull a double-cross and sign it. Here is a guy who
ran against G. W. Bush for signing the Patriot Act and detaining people in Guantanamo without charges
or trial and now he is signing into law an act that he said he would veto because it is obviously much
worse than the Patriot Act.
Most Americans should be informed that, coupled with the Patriot Act, the NDAA, for all intents and
purposes, completely nullifies a good portion of the Bill of Rights, turns the United States into a war
zone, and places US citizens under military rule. And what is even more astonishing is the manner in
which the national press corps, has ignored something that if G. W. Bush had signed, would have
become a front page story.
So, tell me, why does the national press sit on the NDAA statute item which is arguably the biggest story
of the Millennium?
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Since you represent the "press" to me, what I want to know is why the press takes the passage and
signing of the NDAA statute so calmly. While most Americans were celebrating New Years Eve,
President Barack Obama quietly signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise
known as the “Indefinite Detention Act,” into law while in Hawaii. Obama had initially said he would veto
the bill which contains the draconian language authorizing the US military to seize and incarcerate US
citizens without warrant, due process, trial, etc. For some reason Obama changed his mind after the bill
passed both houses of Congress. Did he sign it in the White House using a dozen pens as he was
surrounded by the bills sponsors anxiously awaiting their "pen that signed the NDAA bill"? No. He
signed it while the press and other observers were taking a break to watch the ball drop in Times
Square. Here is where you picture spending New Years with Donnie whilst the ball drops, but Donnie is
concerned with the NDAA bill and if Obama is going to pull a double-cross and sign it. Here is a guy who
ran against G. W. Bush for signing the Patriot Act and detaining people in Guantanamo without charges
or trial and now he is signing into law an act that he said he would veto because it is obviously much
worse than the Patriot Act.
Most Americans should be informed that, coupled with the Patriot Act, the NDAA, for all intents and
purposes, completely nullifies a good portion of the Bill of Rights, turns the United States into a war
zone, and places US citizens under military rule. And what is even more astonishing is the manner in
which the national press corps, has ignored something that if G. W. Bush had signed, would have
become a front page story.
So, tell me, why does the national press sit on the NDAA statute item which is arguably the biggest story
of the Millennium?
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