Chilling leap toward tyranny and dictatorship

[Mik]

I agree about the better representation.

And the documentary.

[mark.d.crowley]

Mozilla, the group that makes the Firefox web browser, has come out against CISPA.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57425719-83/mozilla-is-first-major-tech-company-to-denounce-cispa/

"The bill infringes on our privacy, includes vague definitions of cybersecurity, and grants immunities to companies and government that are too broad around information misuse."

[Mik]

It is starting to draw some heat...

[mark.d.crowley]

Military Detention Law Blocked by New York Judge
Bob Van Voris and Patricia Hurtado - May 16, 2012

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-16/military-detention-law-blocked-by-new-york-judge.html

A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a part of the National Defense Authorization Act that opponents claim could subject them to indefinite military detention for activities including news reporting and political activism.

[Mik]

There is a backlash against all of this crap building...

[mark.d.crowley]

Here’s the latest on that judge’s order blocking of the NDAA to get government clarification.  When faced with a challenge by a journalist on NDAA detainment the government essentially argued, “OK we won’t detain journalists while we’re challenging the judge’s ruling.  In the meantime, everyone else is still fair game.”   

Here’s the brief article and some excerpts.

One New York Judge Is Holding Her Ground Against The Biggest Names In Government
Michael Kelley
Jun. 8, 2012

www.businessinsider.com/no-americans-indefinitely-detained-without-due-process-2012-6#ixzz1xKiDIZp5

On May 16 U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest upheld her decision to block the controversial indefinite detention provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012, and the Obama Administration made a request for a more detailed explanation.

The defendants — Barack Obama, Leon Panetta, John McCain, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell and Eric Cantor — argued that the order only stopped the government from indefinitely detaining the journalists and activists who brought the lawsuit.

But Judge Forrest has now clarified the injunction in a 8-page memorandum released Wednesday so as to "leave no doubt" that U.S. citizens cannot be indefinitely detained without due process.

[Mik]

Go Judge!

[Roy.Minet]

This video describes a major NSA program that helps implement a police state:
  http://youtu.be/OemwW60VxDY
There was also a detailed article about the huge new Bluffdale, Utah, NSA facility in Wired Magazine last spring.

[mark.d.crowley]

That judge who blocked the NDAA a few months ago has now ruled permanently on the topic and said that indefinite detention without due process is unconstitutional.  At least there are a few people on the government payroll who know about due process.  Very few of them are in Congress.

Here’s the article's link and a few excerpts:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/us/judge-blocks-controversial-indefinite-detention-law.html?_r=0

Judge Rules Against Law on Indefinite Detention
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: September 12, 2012

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the government from enforcing a controversial statute about the indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects. Congress enacted the measure last year as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.

In May, Judge Forrest agreed, issuing a preliminary injunction barring the government from relying on the law to detain anyone without trial, and Wednesday she made that injunction permanent in a 112-page opinion.

[mark.d.crowley]

Another return volley in this sad game …

http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-lohier-ndaa-stay-414/

Obama wins right to indefinitely detain Americans under NDAA
18 September, 2012

Last week, a federal judge ruled that [a] temporary injunction on section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 must be made permanent, essentially barring the White House from ever enforcing a clause in the NDAA that can let them put any US citizen behind bars indefinitely over mere allegations of terrorist associations. On Monday, the US Justice Department asked for an emergency stay on that order, and hours later US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier agreed to intervene and place a hold on the injunction.

The stay will remain in effect until at least September 28, when a three-judge appeals court panel is expected to begin addressing the issue.