Republican Congressman Amash warns that bill can be applied to U.S. citizens

Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Controversy& over whether or not Americans are exempt from a provision of the & National Defense Authorization Act bill, set to be voted on this week by& the Senate, which defines the the entirety of the United States as a & battleground in the war on terror, has been addressed by Republican & Congressman Justin Amash, who warns that the bill does apply to U.S. & citizens.
As we previously reported, under the 'worldwide indefinite & detention without charge or trial' provision of S.1867, the National & Defense Authorization Act bill, which is set to be up for a vote on the & Senate floor this week, the legislation will "basically say in law for & the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield," said Sen. & Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who supports the bill.

That provoked concerns that American citizens could be targeted as terrorists and indefinitely detained without trial or charge.

"One& section of these provisions, section 1031, would be interpreted as & allowing the military to capture and indefinitely detain American & citizens on U.S. soil. Section 1031 essentially repeals the Posse & Comitatus Act of 1878 by authorizing the U.S. military to perform law & enforcement functions on American soil. That alone should alarm my & colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but there are other problems with& these provisions that must be resolved," Colorado Senator Mark Udall & said in a speech earlier this month.

Following an ACLU alert on & the legislation, some pointed out that the text of the bill actually & exempts Americans from being detained under the new "homeland & battlefield" designation under the proviso that "the requirement to & detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend & to citizens of the United States."

However, as Republican & Congressman Justin Amash told the The Grand Rapids Press today, the & language of the bill is "carefully crafted to mislead the public."

"Note& that it does not preclude U.S. citizens from being detained & indefinitely, without charge or trial, it simply makes such detention & discretionary," Amash wrote on his Facebook page.

The controversy& over whether or not the text of the bill suggests the legislation & applies to U.S. citizens is largely inconsequential given the fact that & every piece of anti-terror legislation passed since 9/11 has been used & against Americans, both at home and abroad.

The Patriot Act was & passed in the name of giving federal authorities the tools to catch & terrorists, but it has been used in hundreds of cases against American & citizens, often in cases that have no relation whatsoever to terrorism.

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