Senate Votes To Let Military Detain Americans Indefinitely

While we ran holiday errands last week the Senate approved a bill to indefinitely hold without trial Americans suspected of terrorist plotting. You may not be aware how broad the definition of what constitutes evidence for such “plotting” is. I’ll say it plainly: this is the sort of legislation engineered to control large scale dissent, a la Russia’s gulags, and spells a definite attack on our right to fair trials by juries of peers. Apparently the best way to stop terrorists from ending our freedom is to kill it ourselves.

‎”Congress is essentially authorizing the indefinite imprisonment of American citizens, without charge,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who offered another amendment — which has not yet gotten a vote — that she said would correct the problem. “We are not a nation that locks up its citizens without charge.”

Really? How about the American Japanese during WWII? How about Patriot Acts I & II? We seem to be a Nation that apologizes twenty years after the victims have passed away. Now a word from one of those Senators endorsing the measure:

“The enemy is all over the world. Here at home. And when people take up arms against the United States and [are] captured within the United States, why should we not be able to use our military and intelligence community to question that person as to what they know about enemy activity?” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.

“They should not be read their Miranda Rights. They should not be given a lawyer,” Graham said. “They should be held humanely in military custody and interrogated about why they joined al Qaeda and what they were going to do to all of us.”

Hello?! All of his rhetoric presumes guilt until prior to a fair trial and—mark my words—this will be used against innocent citizens as a tool to silence political dissent. Read a history book. On the books, millions of Russians who promoted human rights were killed for being “radicals” and “conspirators”, Christians were purged from Rome for “disloyalty to the State”, and untold numbers were massacred by Germany for “suspicion of intent to undermine the Fatherland.”

The situation here is truly that serious because it sets the stage for unthinkable abuses to come. Unfortunately the American people are, in my opinion, too ideologically weak and morally fearful to stand and respond to the encroaching subversion of our historic freedoms. That is, if they weren’t already buried in denial and distraction. As I read the marks, there is a global game afoot to ultimately replace individual freedoms, wherever they are found, with the will of a super-collective comprised of the most powerful persons from all regions.

The following is a list of behaviors, actions or interests that the federal government, via centralized threat fusion centers that collate such information, considers to be potential signs of terrorism under the MIAC Report.

Displaying bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with the Constitutional, Campaign for Liberty, and Libertarian parties
Supporting Congressman Ron Paul
Supporting former presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin
Supporting former Congressman Bob Barr
Opposing the implementation of a North American Union
Owning gold bullion
Displaying historical U.S. flags
Opposing abortion
Talking about the documentary Zeitgeist

According to an earlier document issued by the Joint Terrorism Task Force (page 1 – page 2), the following behaviors, actions or interests are also signs of terrorism.

Being interested in animal rights
Being a “lone individual”
Making numerous references to the U.S. Constitution
Defending the U.S. Constitution
Claiming driving is a right, not a privilege
Refusing to identify yourself to an authority figure
Attempting to monitor the actions of police

Under the terms of a A Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Law Enforcement pamphlet, the following behaviors, actions or interests are also signs of terrorism:

Being a “nice guy”
Wearing Levi jeans
Communicating predominantly by cell phone, email or text message
Looking “normal” in appearance
Renting a car
Staying in a hotel or apartment
Renting a storage facility
Using cash to make large purchases
Using pre-paid cellphones or hand-held radios
Owning large amounts of medicines, alcohol, or baby formula
Gaining support for a cause by holding meetings, public rallies, or demonstrations
Gaining support for a cause by using websites, posters, leaflets, or underground press publications
Possessing a photo-copy of your drivers license, passport, social security card or birth certificate
Possessing or purchasing GPS technology
Walking, biking or driving near “potential targets”
Taking photographs of “potential targets,” including bridges, power plants or government buildings

Under the terms of a Virginia training manual used to help state employees recognize terrorists, the following behaviors, actions or interests are also signs of terrorism.