Repeal Indefinite Detention
Downsize DC campaign to retract recent treason
by Jim Babka
 Editor's Note: What can we say that hasn't already been said: the previous week's guest column on Coffee Coaster by Scotty Boman—running as a Ron Paul Republican for US Senate in Michigan—laid out the detailed language in the bill. It leaves no doubt that the slave-ownership class intends to round up all the would-be disobedient ones... and doesn't want anything like due process to get in the way. The country is now officially a corporate-state military dictatorship
and no liberty loving human being has any business giving this government his allegiance... or his wealth. The time for severance is now. [But first vote for Ron Paul, and next go ahead and support DDC in its campaign to repeal the indefinite detention provisions of NDAA.
In his last official act of 2011, President Barack Obama signed the
massive bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that
included shocking detainee provisions.
DownsizeDC.org has launched a new campaign to repeal these egregious
provisions. (https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/detention)
We explain the reasons in the letter below. We invite you to send a
letter to your Representatives and Senators demanding repeal, and you
may borrow from or copy this...
BEGIN LETTER
I demand you repeal the detainee provisions of the 2011 National
Defense Authorization Act. I am appalled that any member of Congress
would support provisions such as...
- REQUIRED military detention of foreigners that are suspected of
being terrorists
- Military detention as the preferred OPTION for American terror
suspects
- No charges need to be filed, and no trials must be held
- Prisoners to be held "until the end of hostilities"
These provisions can be more accurately described as "kidnapping" which is a crime whether it's done by individuals, gangs, or bigger
gangs called States.
And what does "the end of hostilities" mean? Indefinitely, probably
for life. After all, when does "terrorism" end?
Terrorism is indeed a serious crime. But just as with any other crime,
many persons "suspected" of it are not guilty. The American,
Constitutional presumption is innocent until proven otherwise via due
process of law. Terrorism is an especially tricky judicial matter,
because mere acquaintances of real terrorists, or people caught in the
"wrong place at the wrong time" could be rounded up.
These kidnapping provisions violate the Due Process Clause of the
Fifth Amendment. They also disregard my Fourth, Sixth, and Eighth
Amendment rights. They even contravene Article III, Section 3, which
deals with treason.
Not only is kidnapping unconstitutional, but these kidnapping powers
attack the foundation of who we are as a people. The British ancestors
of the Founding Fathers enjoyed protection against arbitrary executive
power since the Magna Carta of 1215.
How can ANY of our rights and freedoms be secure if the President can,
by whim, call me a "terrorist" and order troops to kidnap YOU because
you are associated with me?
How can we enjoy the rights inherent in our humanity— life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—if you or I can be
"disappeared" in a federal gulag?
Two bills have been proposed that would restore SOME due process
guarantees...
Human rights belong to all of us, not just Americans or people living
in the United States. Our rights are "pre-constitutional." They are
not derived from the whim of any government, but naturally endowed to
individuals since creation. Moreover, our Fifth and Sixth Amendment
rights protect "persons," not just American citizens.
Please propose a bill to restore Pre-Constitutional rights and
Constitutional due process guarantees to ALL terrorism SUSPECTS.
END LETTER
You can send your letter using DownsizeDC.org's Educate the Powerful
System. (https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/detention/)
Also, our friends at the Tenth Amendment Center invited me to write an
analysis of NDAA's detainee provisions. During debate many
Congressional offices told constituents there was an exception for
Americans. I DEMONSTRATE why that was false. I invite you to read this
analysis and to check out the other fare at the Tenth Amendment
Center.
Thanks to you, we're able to do this work, so...
Thank you for being a DC Downsizer,
Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.
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2012 January 09
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