SOPA and the NDAA
During the Internet blackout today against SOPA, I was complaining on VoiceOfTheDBA that I wish we could get a blackout on the recent "indefinite detention of US citizens" fiasco. I said: Unfortunately (as you know) we have bigger issues. I’d love to see a blackout for basic liberty: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-the-united-states-still-the-land-of-the-free/2012/01/04/gIQAvcD1wP_story.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/senate-votes-to-let-military-detain-americans-indefinitely_n_1119473.html http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/with-reservations-obama-signs-act-to-allow-detention-of-citizens/ But now I've read the actual final section of the law under question, and couldn't figure out what the big deal is: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&dbname=cp112&sid=cp112MdQpb&refer=&r_n=hr329p1.112&item=&&&sel=TOC_1073854& Upon further research, I see that mostly the NDAA refused to clarify our sta