One-way train to Gitmo
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:48 pm by Amy E. FerrerLast night, The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart took on the NDAA’s indefinite detention provisions:
Part I:
Part II:
You get it. We get it. The Daily Show gets it. Indefinite military detention without trial is illegal, immoral, and un-American.
So when will the government get it?
Tags: Congress, detention, due process, Fifth Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Guantanamo Bay, National Defense Authorization Act, preventive detention, Sixth Amendment
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