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Many try to justify the NDAA. Many argue against it. Are you aware of what it is or what it does?
Here is a 5-minute clip that gives a great overview of the situation, including an interview with President Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Qs4seCHtI
@Sam: You are a fool if you write off all youtube clips as 'meaningless.' It's apparent you didn't take the time to reference the source. This clip was of an actual journalist (dying breed, I know) who spent many hours (including some time with the president) analyzing this story. The results of his research are detailed in the clip.
If you write ALL youtube clips off as meaningless, you are being very disingenuous to your own intellect.
And what is so complex about understanding Section 1021 of the NDAA? You are either for due process or you are against it. You either fight against it (as the president indicated he would), or you would fight for it (as the president indicated he was doing by getting Judge Raymond Lohier to grant a stay to reinstate the indefinite detention clause that was placed under permanent injunction by Judge Katerine Forrest.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/ndaa-case...
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@Sam: You are a fool if you write off all youtube clips as 'meaningless.' It's apparent you didn't take the time to reference the source. This clip was of an actual journalist (dying breed, I know) who spent many hours (including some time with the president) analyzing this story. The results of his research are detailed in the clip.
If you write ALL youtube clips off as meaningless, you are being very disingenuous to your own intellect.
And what is so complex about understanding Section 1021 of the NDAA? You are either for due process or you are against it. You either fight against it (as the president indicated he would), or you would fight for it (as the president indicated he was doing by getting Judge Raymond Lohier to grant a stay to reinstate the indefinite detention clause that was placed under permanent injunction by Judge Katerine Forrest.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/ndaa-case...
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- Leslie GoudyLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Some people just want to keep their heads in the sand. Just like the young people gaily dancing before WW1
Keep it up. Obama will be known, in history, as the president who put the indefinite detention law into writing and effect, because you know he will use it if anyone says something nasty he doesn't like. Just wait.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Youtube clips are meaningless. This a complex situation yet you have given no indication that you understand those complexities. Why aren't you talking about the signing statement the president issued or the court challenges against the NDAA. You are discussing the subject in superficial terms while at the same time criticizing others for not knowing anything about.
- Anonymous8 years ago
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014241278873236...
President Draws Flak For Signing Defense Bill
January 3, 2013
'President Barack Obama dropped his veto threat and signed a defense-policy bill into law, prompting complaints Thursday from human-rights advocates that he was breaking a promise to close the terrorist-detention system set up by his predecessor, George W. Bush.
'The National Defense Authorization Act gives rough spending levels for 2013 and sets policy for the Pentagon. Mr. Obama approved the law, saying it was a key piece of legislation for the military, but issued a signing statement criticizing some policy restrictions in the measure.
'In the statement, Mr. Obama singled out curbs on his authority to transfer detainees held in Afghanistan and Guantanamo. Although the White House has issued previous such signing statements, this year's language was stronger than in the past.
'Human-rights groups said Mr. Obama erred by not vetoing the law, warning that signing the bill will make it more difficult for the president to fulfill his promise to close Guantanamo Bay.
'"It's not encouraging that the president continues to be willing to tie his own hands when it comes to closing Guantanamo," Dixon Osburn, director of the law and security program at Human Rights First, an advocacy group.'
