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insane.kangaroo wrote:
I think you're over reacting, there are too many which are even in the military who would impose on citizens.
I do not think or hope the US would ever pull an Egypt and foolishly be under Marshal Law for decades. Egypt has been under marshal law since 1967 when the president was assassinated.
War Powers Act, Patriot Act and Protect America Act.
We have essentially been in a state of emergency since 1933
here is a quote from the Special Committee on the Termination of the National Emergency from Nov. 19, 1973:
Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been in a state of declared national emergency. In fact, there are now in effect four presidentially-proclaimed states of national emergency: In addition to the national emergency declared by President Roosevelt in 1933, there are also the national emergency proclaimed by President Truman on December 16, 1950, during the Korean conflict, and the states of national emergency declared by President Nixon on March 23, 1970, and August 15, 1971. If these emergency declarations have been repealed and normalcy restored--please correct me.
The Patriot Act gave the government sweeping new powers to spy on American citizens.
The Protect America Act gave the government the authority to eavesdrop without a FISA warrant.
And before the PAA the government unlawfully eavesdropped on American citizens since 2001.
They had and probably still have secret locations throughout the world where they hold people for interrogation.
They have kidnapped innocent people and renditioned them to third party countries for what they call "rough interrogation"...I can cite you two instances right now.
One was a German citizen of Lebanese descent kidnapped at a Macedonia border crossing and handed over to the CIA and sent to Afghanistan where he was held for about 6 months and then released after the CIA realized it screwed up--to date no compensation has been paid to this man, and his claims were disallowed due to "national security". The other was a Canadian citizen of I think it was Syrian descent who was sent to Syria--both made the news, both admitted they were tortured while in captivity, but both were essentially ignored after the first 30 second spot.
I bring this up because--if they can do it to them, they can just as easily do it to us.
I think it was Pres. Clinton tried or wanted to give up the War Powers Act, but was rebuffed by Congress. Under Bush the authority of the federal government was greatly expanded and our rights eroded even more....
what will the next 4 years bring? How many more rights will we as a nation lose in the name of national security?
Over reacting to a NG exercise at crowd control and a hunt for a "weapons dealer" in the US, where troops go house to house conducting searches? I have legitimate concerns about where we as a nation are headed.