Obama Administration Backs Bill Authorizing Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens
Submitted on December 15, 2011
By Joseph Kishore - 15 December 2011
The Obama administration declared Wednesday afternoon that it was abandoning its nominal threat to veto a military authorization bill that explicitly authorizes the indefinite military detention of anyone the federal government declares to be a terrorist or supporter, including US citizens...It marks a new stage in the collapse of the most basic democratic rights in the United States and the erection of the framework of a military-police state.
