NDAA 2014 – Congress Rushing To Approve Even Worse Defense Bill Update
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DefenseNews.com - 2 hours agoIn a vote that ended around 11:40 p.m. Thursday, the chamber voted 84-15 to pass the 2014 national defense authorization act (NDAA), which….
UPDATE: Just passed cloture 71 to 29.Will be voted on today or tomorrow.
While we were looking the other way, the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act 2014) rises. Even more onerous than the previous versions. It must be voted on by the House and by the Senate next week. Will they do it? Of course they will.
Section 1071 of the version of the 2014 NDAA approved by the House and Senate committees this week expands on the scope of surveillance established by the Patriot Act and the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have reached an agreement on the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
As approved by the committees, the text of the latest iteration of the bill is derived from H.R. 1960, which passed the House on June 14 by a vote of 315-108 and S. 1197, a version passed by a Senate committee by a vote of 23-3, later that same day.
House and Senate leaders hurried to hammer out a mutually acceptable measure so as to get the whole package passed before the end of the year.
For two years, the NDAA included provisions that purported to authorize the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military to apprehend and indefinitely detain any person (including an American citizen) who he believes “represent[s] an enduring security threat to the United States.”
Such an immense grant of power is not only unconscionable, but unconstitutional, as well.
Finally, there is in the NDAA for 2014 a frightening fusion of the federal government’s constant surveillance of innocent Americans and the assistance it will give to justifying the indefinite detention of anyone labeled an enemy of the regime.
Section 1071(a) authorizes the secretary of defense to “establish a center to be known as the ‘Conflict Records Research Center.’” According to the text of the latest version of the NDAA, the center’s task would be to compile a “digital research database including translations and to facilitate research and analysis of records captured from countries, organizations, and individuals, now or once hostile to the United States.”
In order to accomplish the center’s purpose, the secretary of defense will create an information exchange in cooperation with the director of national intelligence.
Key to the functioning of this information exchange will be the collection of “captured records.” Section 1071(g)(1), defines a captured record as “a document, audio file, video file, or other material captured during combat operations from countries, organizations, or individuals, now or once hostile to the United States.”
When read in conjunction with the provision of the AUMF that left the War on Terror open-ended and the prior NDAAs’ classification of the United States as a battleground in that unconstitutional war, and you’ve got a powerful combination that can knock out the entire Bill of Rights.
Finally, when all the foregoing is couched within the context of the revelations regarding the dragnet surveillance programs of the NSA, it becomes evident that anyone’s phone records, e-mail messages, browsing history, text messages, and social media posts could qualify as a “captured record.”
After being seized by the NSA (or some other federal surveillance apparatus), the materials would be processed by the Conflict Records Research Center created by this bill. This center’s massive database of electronic information and its collaboration with the NSA converts the United States into a constantly monitored holding cell and all its citizens and residents into suspects. All, of course, in the name of the security of the homeland.
Although the outlook is dire, there are those willing to stand and oppose the threats to liberty posed by the NDAA.
In The Federalist, no. 46, Madison recommended that an effective way to thwart federal overreach is for agents of the states to refuse “to cooperate with officers of the Union.”
In order for Fiscal Year 2014 NDAA to become the “law,” the House of Representatives must pass the bill this week and the Senate would have to follow suit by the end of next week. This gives Americans only a few short days to contact their federal representatives and senators and encourage them to reject any version of the NDAA that infringes on the timeless civil liberties protected by the Constitution. Read more The New American
Need a refresher?
From August, 2012 post: Obama fights injunction against unlawful detention of U.S. citizens
…Yet incredibly, when pressed on the issue, this Obama mouthpiece suggested to Judge Forrest that concerns about the president’s detention powers were excessive as American citizens would, after all, have the ability to file a writ of habeas corpus should they be illegally or improperly jailed! “How long does [such a] petition take,” asked Forrest? When Torrance refused to answer,the Judge continued,“Several years,.right”?
The group points out that the new Second Circuit ruling is completely incorrect because it claims that Section 1021 of the 2012 NDAA says nothing about the government’s ability to detain citizens.
You might want to check out first FBI Director “I have to check and see if Obama can kill Citizens on U.S. soil
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday said he would have to go back and check with the Department of Justice whether Attorney General Eric Holder’s “three criteria” for the targeted killing of Americans also applied to Americans inside the U.S.
From August, 2012 post: Obama fights injunction against unlawful detention of U.S. citizens
Obama lies-he insisted that detention of Americans be in defense bill
“But… It was his administration that insisted that the language be included in the bill”.
From the video: Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told Congress recently that under the original wording of the National Defense Authorization Act, American citizens were excluded from the provision that allowed for detention. Once Obama’s officials saw the text though, says Levin, “the administration asked us to remove the language which says that US citizens and lawful residents would not be subject to this section.”
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More than at any other time, I believe it’s very possible that the U.S. military is in control of America rather than politicians and the people. I believe our military are the real puppet masters controlling our elected officials behind the scenes. My reasons are as follows.
1. The budget deal just hammered out restores all military spending cut by the sequester.
2. The new Pentagram budget is in the $$$trillions of dollars.
3. The NSA is an arm of the military.
4. The intelligence collected on Americans pressures our leaders and leaders in other countries too.
5. The NDAA is an approved military operation to remove, detain, and or silence undesirables.
6. The purchase of billions of rounds of ammunition. I believe it’s entirely possible our own military has been behind the ordering of the billions of rounds of ammunition rather than individual agencies of the Federal government. If these agencies were seen buying ammunition, it would seem odd but explainable, but if the military were buying 10 to 15 times the ammunition they ever used in the Iraqi war, red flags would go up all over America.
7. The massive movements of military equipment into strategic areas of America may be a military command and control operation to position operations and equipment into areas where higher resistance may be present.
It’s very possible our own military are the controllers which may already be in charge of the White House and be moving in the background to position officers into leadership who are sympathetic to their mission, and retiring those who are not. What will be the trigger they pull to take over and to seize complete control of America? I don’t know, but it’s entirely possible that Obama, Boehner, Reid, Pelosi and the rest of our key elected leaders are simply puppets and pawns, front men and women which are being used to remove American liberties and freedoms so when the military takes over, the military can look like our salvation, heroes that kicked the despots out and will put things back in order. Of course, all Americans will gladly lay down their weapons and retreat thinking our military is going to save us, when in fact, our own military have been the planners all along, they have been the operators, they bought all of the ammunition to use on us if needed, and they have been removing our Constitutional freedoms, so they can take over America.
Their are two commissions created that are particularly worrisome. These two commissions make provisions for a website that citizens can submit tips relating to the mental health, criminal activity, and status of returning military into their communities; allows for these commissions to gather data collected from the NSA, CIA and other agencies about returning military; and members of their community, and holds hearings in communities identified through the data collection.
There is even a provision in one of the commissions that allows member to accept gifts… unbelievable.
The two commissions created are detailed in an excerpt from the bill at this link:
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The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have reached an agreement on the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/17154-congress-rushing-to-approve-2014-ndaa
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Overview, this legislation originated in the “Armed Services’ Committee, which oversees Military base construction, period. In fact ‘Constitutionally’, there is no such entity as the “Armed Forces”, with any department created by Congress, there has to be a legislative body to oversee it, you will not find a “Armed Forces’ committee in Congress. The “Armed Services”, is the construction division of the Commodity Credit Corporation, created by the Federal Reserve. Listed below is section 1701 of the legislation, the stated authority is Title 10 section 426. The position of Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence was established in 2002 by Public Law 107–314. *Pub. L. 107–314, div. A ,is for Monitoring of Implementation of 1979 Agreement Between the United States and China on Cooperation in Science and Technology, listed in Title 22 U.S.C Foreign Relations.
Congress stopped legislating for the states a 100 years ago.
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SEC. 1071. ENHANCEMENT OF CAPACITY OF THE UNITED
4 STATES GOVERNMENT TO ANALYZE CAPTURED RECORDS.
6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 426 the following new section:
HTTP://ARMEDSERVICES.HOUSE.GOV/INDEX.CFM/FILES/SERVE?FILE_ID=215AC26C-A0E7-4B02-A63C-DD9D800AF2DB
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10 U.S. CODE PART I – ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
10 U.S. CODE § 426 – INTEGRATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES
HTTP://WWW.LAW.CORNELL.EDU/USCODE/TEXT/10/42
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“(5) The position of Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence was established in 2002 by Public Law 107–314 [see 10 U.S.C. 137] in order to facilitate resolution of the challenges to achieving an integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance structure in the Department of Defense to meet such 21st century requirements.
“(b) Goal.—It shall be a goal of the Department of Defense to fully integrate the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and coordinate the developmental activities of the military departments, intelligence agencies of the Department of Defense, and relevant combatant commands as those departments, agencies, and commands transform their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems to meet current and future needs.”
PUBLIC LAW 107-314 SECT.A SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
22 USC § 6901 – FINDINGS (FOREIGN RELATIONS)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/6901?quicktabs_8=2#quicktabs-8
Source
(Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title II, § 202,Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 892.)
Short Title of 2003 Amendment
Pub. L. 108–7, div. P, § 1,Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 552, provided that: “This division [amending section 7002 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 7002 of this title] may be cited as the ‘United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission’.”
Short Title
Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title II, § 201(a),Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 891, provided that: “This division [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000’.”
Transfer of Functions
PUBLIC LAW 107-314 div. A
Monitoring of Implementation of 1979 Agreement Between the United States and China on Cooperation in Science and Technology
*Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title XII, § 1207,Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2666, provided that:
“(a) In General.—The Secretary of State shall—
“(1) monitor the implementation of the Agreement specified in subsection (c);
“(2) keep a systematic account of the protocols to the Agreement;
“(3) coordinate the activities of all agencies of the United States Government that carry out cooperative activities under the Agreement; and
“(4) ensure that all activities conducted under the Agreement comply with applicable laws and regulations concerning the transfer of militarily sensitive technologies and dual-use technologies.
“(c) Agreement Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘Agreement’ means the agreement between the United States and the People’s Republic of China known as the ‘Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Science and Technology’, signed in Washington on January 31, 1979, and its protocols.
“(E) A determination by the Secretary of Defense, developed with the assistance of the Director of Central Intelligence, of the extent to which the activities conducted under the Agreement have enhanced the military and defense industrial base of the People’s Republic of China, and an assessment of the effect that projected activities under the Agreement for the next two years, including the transfer of technology and know-how, could have on the economic and military capabilities of the People’s Republic of China.
“(F) An assessment by the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce of—
“(i) the extent to which programs or activities carried out under the Agreement provide access to technology, information, or know-how that could enhance military capabilities of the People’s Republic of China; and
“(ii) the extent to which those programs or activities are carried out in compliance with export control laws and regulations of the United States, especially those laws and regulations governing so-called ‘deemed exports’.
“(G) Any recommendations of the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, or Director of Central Intelligence for improving the monitoring of the activities of the Joint Commission established under the Agreement.