Chris Hedges Sues Obama

On December 16th, 2011 a bill was passed by the US Senate, "The National Defense Authorization Act".

This bill allows for anyone "alleged" to be in opposition to the US government, even US citizens, to be subjected to a military-style detention INDEFINITELY without any right to an attorney or any due process.

There was a huge outcry from Americans. Even the US security establishment(FBI, CIA, etc...) spoke out against it.

So how did it pass? More importantly, "Why did it pass?"

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[morrowrail]

Chris Hedges is, and always has been, a sanctimonious douche.

[village1diot]

@morrowrail Yet he is the one person in this country with enough balls to take this on. Nobody else is doing a damn thing.

[Nemesis000000]

Chris Hedges is kind of a douchebag for his moral relativism and slander against Sam Harris, but right on here.

[village1diot]

@ptango101 The patriot Act allows for spying on US citizens without a warrant. This bill allows for the military detention of US citizens. Both go against our constitutional rights. We were once a democracy, but fascism has taken over.

[Aizacc84]

@village1diot Nobody else doesn't have no idea what is going on.

[gorlist187]

@village1diot i doubt its ever been a democracy really...some people would sell out their own mothers to save their own worthless cowardice hides...they allways been using good americans as fucking human shields

[urcritic]

Shows that even a douche-bag can do good things sometimes.

[ritchloui]

@Antiks72 Chris Hedges is a real inspiration. I've been hungrily tracking down his talks and work. At last, a guy who seems to have a handle on what's been going so badly wrong. Much as I loved Hitchens for his eloquence and entertainment value, this guy is the man.

[ritchloui]

@Antiks72 Yes. The corporations have been able to buy all the powers the US Government could sell. The left haven't grasped this paradox about 'big government'. Meanwhile the Islamic theocrats have been astonishingly successful in their call to arms - and are STILL not being taken seriously. The trouble is, the turmoil in the ME, which was inevitable, will force them into the arms of the Muslim Brotherhood - a gangster organisation.

[alsalc55]

@morrowrail Why?

[Antiks72]

@ritchloui The whole military response was to enrich corporations and make Israel safer, it had nothing to do with terrorism in the region. It's so interesting to read about how Saddam wanted to start selling oil in another currency instead of U.S. dollars. Hrmmmm.

[ritchloui]

@Antiks72 Yes. Sadly the US (and UK) foreign policies in the ME have not avoided disaster though it is hard to see how it could have been otherwise. The insidious role of Islam is central & always was. The Islamists have been planning this for a long time and the West still simply refuses to take it seriously. The intervention in Iraq was rushed, ill-prepared and basically poked a hornets nest. BTW 75% of the killing has been done by 'unknown' perpetrators by suicide, car and roadside bombings.