Government Finds Workaround To Enable Indefinite Detention

During the discussion of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) those who argued that the act permitted the government to seize and indefinitely detain American citizens on the mere allegation that they were "belligerent" to the interests of the USA were shot down by supporters of the act.

Those supporting it argued that the act specifically exempted US citizens (it doesn't) and that anyone who opposed the Act just didn't know what they were talking about.

On the off chance that the act didn't permit the seizure and detention of American citizens, another bill has been proposed as a work around to that problem such that seizure and detention won't be a problem.

Even people who believe that NDAA does not allow for the indefinite detention of citizens should be concerned about a proposed amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act that would give our government “the authority to strip a person of their American citizenship if that person is accused or suspected of supporting ‘hostilities’ against the U.S.

According to ‘Enemy Expatriation Act’ Could Compound NDAA Threat to Citizen Rights, an article written by Ashley Portero that was published in the International Business Times, EEA “would allow the government to revoke Americans of their U.S. citizenship if they are accused or suspected of ‘engaging in, or purposefully or materially supporting, hostilities.’ The sparse amendment, which defines ‘hostilities’ as ‘any conflict subject to the laws of war,’ does not say which government body — say a military tribunal or a congressional panel — has the power to brand suspected persons as hostiles.” If EEA becomes law, our government “could potentially revoke the citizenship of anyone deemed to be supporting hostilities against the U.S., thereby subjecting him or her to the indefinite military detention provision of the NDAA.” [Jonathan Turley]

So did you catch that?  Under this new bill the government could strip anyone of his/her citizenship upon the "accusation" or "suspicion" of supporting hostilities, thus providing a "work around" to any problem with indefinite detention under the NDAA.

Gotta stay alert folks.

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