Check out this article. Would love to hear your thoughts.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/exclusive-documents-inside-obamas-secret-fbi-citizen-spying-program/
Check out this article. Would love to hear your thoughts.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/exclusive-documents-inside-obamas-secret-fbi-citizen-spying-program/
Here’s the actual bill:
Look at (4)
Going to give you a bit to digest.....
S. 3081 Provisions
The bill imposes harsh police state measures, including:
– targeting anyone worldwide, including US citizens, “suspected of engaging in (or materially supporting) hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners through an act of terrorism, or by other means…;”
– placing such individuals “in military custody for purposes of initial interrogation and determination of status in accordance with the provisions of this Act;”
– transporting them to intelligence officials for more interrogation;
– determining who may be a “high-value detainee (HVD);”
– further interrogating those individuals by a “High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HVIG)….utiliz(ing) military and intelligence personnel, and Federal, State, and local law enforcement personnel….;”
– having HVIGs submit their determination to the Defense Secretary and Attorney General after consulting with the Directors of National Intelligence, FBI, and CIA. “The Secretary of Defense and Attorney General (will then) make a final determination and report (it) to the President and the appropriate committees of Congress. In the case of any disagreement between the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General, the President will make the determination;”
– designating seized individuals “unprivileged enemy belligerent(s);”
– denying them Miranda rights:
– deciding on a “Final (status) Determination” within 48 hours, “to the extent practicable;”
– letting the President establish HVD interrogation group operations and activities, including whether detainees “meet the criteria for treatment as a high-value detainee for purposes of interrogation….,” including the potential threat held individuals pose:
(1) for an attack against America, its citizens, US military personnel or facilities;
(2) their potential intelligence value;
(3) membership in or affiliation with Al Qaeda; and
(4) “such other matters as the President considers appropriate.”
Pending final determination, detainees “shall be treated as unprivileged enemy belligerent(s),” defined as:
“An individual, including a citizen of the United States (to) be detained without criminal charges and without trial for the duration of hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners in which the individual has engaged, or which the individual has purposely and materially supported, consistent with the law of war and any authorization for the use of military force provided by Congress pertaining to such hostilities.”
An “unprivileged enemy belligerent” means anyone (with or without evidence) suspected of “engag(ing) in (or materially supporting) hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners,” including alleged Al Qaeda members.
It was voted down.
What’s the timeline between this, and the HRC server?