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rachel1

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Thu Sep 13, 2012, 04:20 PM Sep 2012

NDAA: Judge Strikes Down Indefinite Detention Provision

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"A federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked the U.S. military from enforcing a law allowing it to indefinitely detain anyone accused of aiding or participating in terrorism. In May, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest issued a preliminary injunction barring the government from enforcing one paragraph of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a 565-page military appropriations bill that sailed through Congress late last year. President Barack Obama signed the bill on New Year's Eve...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur shares his thoughts.

*Read more here from ADAM KLASFELD / Courthouse News Service: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/09/12/50218.htm

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NDAA: Judge Strikes Down Indefinite Detention Provision (Original Post) rachel1 Sep 2012 OP
Now, that's an American value being upheld Jack Rabbit Sep 2012 #1
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