authfriend wrote: > For those who may not have been following > what's going on outside Fairfield: > > Both houses of the Congress of the United > States just passed a bill that revokes the > writ of habeas corpus and legalizes torture. > Innocent American citizens may now be detained > and tortured indefinitely, even executed, > without ever being able to challenge their > detention in court. > > The speaker of the House has accused Democrats > who voted against the bill to revoke habeas > corpus and legalize torture of "coddling" > terrorists. > > In Iraq (the country to which we are bringing > freedom and democracy), the government has > passed and is enforcing a set of laws that > make Iraqi journalists who criticize the > government liable for imprisonment (some of > the provisions were lifted verbatim from > Saddam's penal code). > > The new bill has been labeled a new "Alien and Sedition Act" according to some. If you recall they had such a silly law back during WWI and people were thrown in jail for criticizing Wilson. Will we have the BS today? Here's the alarming section:
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