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 stance as citizens under the 2001 grant of executive power. It did not in fact authorize anything new.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/senate-declines-to-resolve-issue-of-american-qaeda-suspects-arrested-in-us.html?_r=2

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/10558-one-lonely-state-representative-opposes-indefinite-detention

So while the NDAA is not helpful, if you needed to resist an the instance of abuse, you're up against the original authorization for use of military force, not the NDAA.

 

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