Post by The 99 Declaration on Feb 1, 2012 8:49:50 GMT -5
Reinstitution of Civil Rights Including the Repeal of the NDAA. Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, legislation has been enacted to curtail the privacy and civil rights of American citizens. Foremost among these laws is the Patriot Act of 2001 and more recently, portions of the National Defense Authorization Act wherein the government may or may not require the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens suspected of planning or assisting “belligerent” acts against the United States. Under this law, civilian citizens of the United States may be indefinitely held in military detention and tried before a military tribunal without access to family, friends or an attorney. This terrifying law could easily be abused in a time of crisis to make people “disappear.” President Obama’s shameful decision to sign this law effectively repeals the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, The Bail Reform Act, suspends the Writ of Habeas Corpus at the discretion of the CIA or military and will violate at least the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Patriot Act has allowed for the increased surveillance of American citizens and CIA access to confidential credit reports, school records, communication records, Internet activity, and other personal information, without consent or notification. We call upon the United States government to repeal those portions of the Patriot Act that limit the civil rights of American citizens, repeal the National Defense Authorization Act and immediately stop any and all abuses of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act which authorizes warrantless extrajudicial eavesdropping on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.
