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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012,
or NDAA, signed into law by Hope/Change enthusiast Barack Obama on
December 31, 2011, potentially ends right to due process and habeas
corpus for US citizens. You can now be detained by military forces and
imprisoned, without trial or charges, for as long as the government
deems necessary.
The Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011,
or Trespass Bill, signed into law by Barack Obama on March 9, 2012,
"potentially makes peaceable protest anywhere in the U.S. a federal
felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison." Nice. More specifically,
peaceful protest within proximity to those protected by the Secret
Service, including presidential candidates and the President, may be a
federal felony now. So much for that First Amendment, huh? (Source.)
The Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, or H.R. 1981, is the brainchild of SOPA author Rep. Lamar Smith. The bill, according
to VentureBeat and others, "would alter U.S. code Chapter 18 section
2703 'Required Disclosure of Customer Communications or Records' so that
all Internet service providers would need to store your IP address for
at least 12 months, along with any highly sensitive personal information
such as credit card data." Keep in mind, this would be used on ALL
Americans who use the Internet, including you and I. Just in case, you
know, we are harming children. Police state surveillance: it's all for
the kids!
Quite creepily, Canada's equally privacy-destroying bill (which faced
widespread scorn from Canadian citizens), was called the "Protecting
Children from Internet Predators Act." A prominent digital critic described the bill like so: "Now, every single Canadian citizen is walking around with an electronic prisoner's bracelet."
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, has been called quite similar to SOPA -- apparently a Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) homepage petition, Reddit blackout, and Wikipedia
blackout weren't enough to send a message to Congress that Americans
aren't OK with massive Big Brother intrusion into the free, global
Internet.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims
"[CISPA] would let companies spy on users and share private information
with the federal government and other companies with near-total
immunity from civil and criminal liability. It effectively creates a
‘cybersecurity’ exemption to all existing laws." Again: nice. Great
work, Congressional fascists. Don't worry about that whole Bill of
Rights thing.
The National Defense Resources Preparedness
Executive Order, or NDRP, was released by Barack Obama's administration
on March 16, 2012 -- it received very little broadcast media attention. According to a columnist at The Washington Times,
"It states that, in case of a war or national emergency, the federal
government has the authority to take over almost every aspect of
American society. Food, livestock, farming equipment, manufacturing,
industry, energy, transportation, hospitals, health care facilities,
water resources, defense and construction…
In short, the order gives Mr. Obama the ability to impose martial
law. He now possesses the potential powers of a dictator. The order is a
direct assault on individual liberties, private property rights and the
rule of law. It is blatantly unconstitutional."
The Enemy Expatriation Act, if passed and signed into law, could
"let the government strike away citizenship for anyone engaged in
hostilities, or supporting hostilities, against the United States. The
law itself is rather brief, but in just a few words it warrants the US
government to strip nationality status from anyone they identify as a
threat."
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