The Democrats and the war on civil liberties
CounterPunch
by Joshua Frank
10/10/06
On the same day, the Senate also overwhelmingly approved the dismantling of habeas corpus for 'enemy combatants.' Twelve Democrats sided with the Republicans to allow the US government to detain people arbitrarily and indefinitely. We shouldn't be all that surprised the Democrats didn't filibuster the awful bill, which also expanded the definition of 'enemy combatant' to include anybody who 'has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States.' Whatever that's supposed to mean. No, the Democrats have long been on the frontlines of the federal government's assault on our civil liberties...
http://www.counterpunch.org/frank10102006.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Joshua Frank
10/10/06
On the same day, the Senate also overwhelmingly approved the dismantling of habeas corpus for 'enemy combatants.' Twelve Democrats sided with the Republicans to allow the US government to detain people arbitrarily and indefinitely. We shouldn't be all that surprised the Democrats didn't filibuster the awful bill, which also expanded the definition of 'enemy combatant' to include anybody who 'has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States.' Whatever that's supposed to mean. No, the Democrats have long been on the frontlines of the federal government's assault on our civil liberties...
http://www.counterpunch.org/frank10102006.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 11. Okt, 16:25
