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When Congress adopted and Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, alarms were raised over the possibility that it would allow the indefinite and rights-free detention of those who are called 'belligerents,' even if they are American citizens.
Rep. Daniel P. Gordon Jr. today told WND he has drafted a resolution, which is being circulated among the lawmakers even now, to express opposition to the sections of the NDAA 'that suspend habeas corpus and civil liberties.'
[color=gold]'Sections 1021 and 1022 of the act, signed into law on New Years Eve of 2011/(2012), provide for the indefinite detention of American citizens by the military on American soil, without charge, and without right to legal counsel and right to trial,' he explained.
He told WND the problem is made worse by the wording of the law. It’s unclear exactly what is a [color=gold]'belligerent' and who will make that determination? Is someone angry at the government over a ticket for an alleged traffic infraction a belligerent?