With Indefinite Detention Bill, Has Congress Also Expanded Rendition of US Citizens Abroad?

DemocracyNow.org - The Obama administration is continuing to come under intense criticism from civil liberties groups for saying it will sign a controversial defense spending bill that some legal experts say would authorize the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. While much of the media focus has been on the bill's provisions regarding indefinite detention, Mother Jones magazine has revealed the bill also contains text that could make it easier for the U.S. government to transfer American citizens to foreign regimes and security forces--a process known as rendition. Democracy Now! speaks with Mother Jones' national security reporter, Nick Baumann, who also details the cases of several U.S. citizens who have already been detained abroad by foreign security forces, interrogated, sometimes abused, and asked questions they believe could only have come from U.S. law enforcement.

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[Chapulinazuladomx]

hello amigous!

[sonbarably]

the elites are panicking

the people know what they are - a demonic genocidal plague on the earth incapable of producing anything of value

the people know about Israel and AIPAC members and 911 coup for Zionist war

the pentagon murder of accountants doing an audit on financial fraud in military

and there must be men of honor and patriotism in the military and CIA reacting

this is the elite's official threat against them.

you act against us, and it's Guantanamo for you

[halfzombiehalfrobot]

This makes me feel terror. I thought we were at war with that feeling.

[mynameis677]

VERY good news piece.

[IdaSputum]

@IdaSputum Ameriicans have been deliberately made brain-dead by Zionist TV, bad food, water, drugs and HAARP

[IdaSputum]

@Cabronosidad  - If Ron Paul had any power to stop them he'd be the new JFK and go the same way. There's no war. These bankers create and feed off fear. Starve them

[sandycurrie108]

@Delisle4 the new border deal between canada & the usa appears to allow American troops to operate in canada, share intel & identity info to allow faster border processing. This Border deal goes hand in hand with NDAA. Yes worried for JA and Bradley Manning.

[cusanusnicolas]

Those FEMA camps are a waitin...

[ISENTRY]

@Delisle4 Yes, and they have been doing this way before this bill was even thought of!

[Cabronosidad]

If this doesn't wake people up in the US I don't know what will. The 10 years since 9/11 have seen a slow-motion coup d'etat, which is now just about complete. First Patriot Act, TSA & Homeland Security, & now they're tying up the loose ends with this Patriot Act on steroids.

Looks like you have 2 choices - Ron Paul or North Korea.