Repeal NDAA! Initiative to Take Back America!

NOTE: This post will be updated regularly with new Info and Dates about Initiatives against the NDAA.

As Americans look upon the unbelievable horror of the legislation passed under NDAA, National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, many begin to realize that the United States has been classified as a “battlefield,” allowing American citizens to be arrested off the streets, carted off to a foreign detention camp and held indefinitely without trial.

Everybody who understands the amendments of the new NDAA bill, no matter if they have been introduced to it or if they happen to stumble across it by accident, is alarmed and appalled that this could be happening in the United States of America.

A few days ago I wrote the article, New NDAA Bill Prepares U.S. for Martial Law as Washington Plans to Squash Civil Unrest, to warn you of what's happening and prepare you for what's ahead. Though the article got an overwhelming response, I got the feeling many people just couldn't believe this was really happening. Well, read on folks, you'll see that this nightmare is all too real!

• Section 1021 of the NDAA allows the U.S. military to indefinitely detain, without due process, any person engaged in "hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners ... without trial until the end of hostilities."
• Section 1022 expressly states that the military will imprison anyone who is a member of al-Qaeda or "an associated force" that acts like al-Qaeda; and anyone who planned or carried out an attack, or attempted attack, against the U.S.
• Section 1022 continues that detaining American citizens is not required. "UNITED STATES CITIZENS — The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States."

Even before the bill was signed by Obama, the President had mixed emotions about certain NDAA amendments.

The bill only has a 2 percent approval rating on a poll conducted by OpenCongress.com. Only 8 people support the bill out of 395 voters. Another poll conducted by PopVox has the bill with a 9% approval rating and a 91% disapproval rating out of 397 participants.

In a statement released after the signing of the bill, Obama said, "I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation."

Obama continued, "I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists," even though he signed the bill not agreeing with everything included in the bill.

The White House has not only asserted the right to carry out state-sponsored assassination anywhere in the world without having to provide any evidence or go through any legal process, the administration merely has to state that the target is a terrorist and it doesn’t matter whether they are an American citizen or not. 

What's more, the bill's Feinstein Amendment 1031(e) states that “any person who has committed a belligerent act” faces indefinite military custody, but no trial or evidence has to be presented, the White House merely needs to make the accusation. And what is, a "belligerent act”? That could be almost  anything!

Although this seems to be the biggest cause of alarm for most people, like myself, the Obama administration never had a real problem with the indefinite detention described in Section 1031 of the bill, thus "acting" to ensure it applied to American citizens.

The question of whether or not Obama would veto the bill arose out of issues with Section 1032, which is the part of the bill that worries me the most as well, as it pertains to using the military, rather than law enforcement, to take custody of individuals.

Obama threatened a veto for 1032, but not 1031 which refers to imprisoning citizens without a trial. Obama has never suggested using a veto to stop Section 1031 citizen imprisonment. Like me, our President is more worried about using the military as a police force.

This makes even more sense if we go back to mid-August 2009, when the Pentagon approached Congress requesting to post approximately 400,000 military personnel throughout the United States. In conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which established to limit the Federal government’s ability to use the military for domestic law enforcement. At the time the move was seen by many as another alarming measure on the part of the government to implement martial law as a matter of course, rather than a worst case scenario.

Ron Paul went as far as saying that with the signing of the NDAA bill, "President Obama has began the official establishment of martial law in the United States."

Recently our Leaders have Witnessed the Power of the People

On January 18, 2012 the Internet united against the SOPA and PIPA censorship bills. These two bills would have  given the Federal Government new powers to shut down websites it believes have infringed copyright laws. Thousands of Website went on blackout! They forwarded their traffic to a website dedicated to directing citizens to calling their Representatives to voice their opposition to the “Internet Censorship Bills” going through Washington. Over 13 million Americans acted, successfully stopping both bills... for now. Even if there is a new danger on the horizon with what is called ACTA I will be reporting about ACTA tomorrow on my sister site, Censorship Watch, the people did show the elitists our strength.

 

What this proves is that Representative Democracy works to a certain, small degree…if you participate in it! Both by voting, and by calling your elected officials. It's far from perfect, but it is better than having a dictator or a king. Are elections manipulated? Of course, but even the wealthy elite have their limits to how far they can push us. They remember the French Revolution, the masses that had finally enough, and they sure remember the guillotine.

The problem is most people only call their representatives when something horrible comes to vote. If you wait until Martial Law has been declared to call your Representatives, chances are you will be too late. Every single Session of Congress is important. Rights and freedoms are taken away slowly over time, often without anybody even noticing or anything being done to stop the approaching oppression.

"We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality —judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors…and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." - A “senior adviser” to President Bush, as quoted by Ron Suskind

The Internet gives us the ability to easily keep track of our government, so don't be too lazy to contact your Representatives to let them know how you want them to vote.

You can find out about current bills in Congress and find how to contact your Representatives a lot easier than you may have thought.

Next Course of Action: Repeal Section 1021 of NDAA

The National Defense Authorization Act introduced a new concept, the ability for the military to indefinitely detain U.S. Citizens suspected of Terrorism, without Trial or Due Process of Law.

Ron Paul went as far as sponsoring a poll by govtrack.us to find out how Americans really feel about the  NDAA bill. Here is a screenshot of the poll.

Are you for reversing the section 1021 of the NDAA? What is your position on repeal section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012? 

Please vote support or oppose on the poll, by going HERE.

Representative Ron Paul recently introduce legislation to repeal section 1021 from the NDAA (the section giving the military said powers). We should flood our representatives phones, offices and mailboxes with demands they support Rep. Paul’s H.R. 3785, and repeal section 1021 from the National Defense Authorization Act. Unfortunately, nobody seems to wan to do anything, as most people aren't taking the bill seriously.

Thank god Ron Paul recognized the dangers of the NDAA, introducing a bill that fixes the NDAA by eliminating the offensive parts of Section 1021 regarding martial law and the indefinite prison detention of possibly innocent Americans. In fewer than 100 words, the text of Paul’s legislation, HR 3785, would overturn section 1021 of the NDAA, but it seems he is not getting the support he will need to overturn, repeal or reverse the offensive language of the bill.

"Please contact your representative and tell them to support Paul's bill # HR 3785. - better yet, become a sponsor, writes even Tea Part member, Catherine Crabill, from middle.peninsulateaparty.org

I don't understand why I don't see near the support for NDAA as I saw for SOPA, PROTECT IP or the new ACTA. Don't people care anymore?

I have scoured the Internet, both far and wide, looking for some big, sponsored petitions to repeal NDAA, (possibly even finding one that had Section 1032 as the main issue, rather than 1031 like most of them) but was shocked, outraged and disgusted to only find a couple of small petitions, the biggest of which only had 1,258 signatures at the time I am writing this. I don't know if this is just not getting the publicity it deserves, or if people just don't care, but I am going to fight the NDAA in its entirety with everything I've got.

Here are the online petitions to repeal the NDAA you can sign:

Tell Congress: Support HR 3785  

7,100 Letters and Emails Sent So Far

REPEAL THE NDAA BILL INDEFINITE DETENTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS
1,258 out of 5,000 Signatures

REPEAL H.R.1540 - National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)! 

83 out of 100 Signatures

President Obama: Repeal NDAA 1031
91 out of 100 Signatures

REPEAL NDAA (The National Defense Authorization Act
74 out of 100 Signatures

Here are some Facebook Pages dedicated to fighting the NDAA:

STOP National Defense Authorization Act

Community · 386 likes

NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) is NOT Constitutional

Public Figure · 623 likes

Repeal the National Defense Authorization Act

Legal/Law · 68 likes

Repeal the National Defense Authorization Act

Community · Community Page · 90 likes

Against the National Defense Authorization Act

Community · 188 likes

Veto The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012

Community · 75 likes

Repeal The (NDAA) The National Defense Authorization Act

Community · 217 likes

Americans against the National Defense Authorization Act 2012 (S.1867)

Cause · 204 likes

End The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

Community · Community Page · 56 likes

National Defense Authorization Act - Take Action

Community · 37 likes

Conspiracy Watch

Website/Community - 942 Likes

Unfortunately, the problem is that all the petitions only have a few signatures and the Facebook Pages all only have a few Likes. All of us patriots who started these ant-NDAA petitions and Facebook Pages need to work together if we want to have any success in getting this bill repealed. If you are one of these true Americans, let us stand together and really do something against the NDAA. Let us pool our sources and resources and either write a new petition or agree to sponsor one of the ones already in circulation. Let us together promote that petition and make sure it gets to President Obama.

On February 3rd there was a day of protest and action to oppose NDAA, unfortunately the media's efforts to keep everything NDAA out of the headlines worked, and few people than expected participated in this public display of discontent.

Indeed, the National Defense Authorization Act is still buried in the back burners of mainstream media. Everybody seems to be fighting ACTA and the new HR 1981 Internet snooping bill which was authored by lead SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith. Though definitely worthwhile causes (which I will be fighting on my Censorship Watch blog) the NDAA is truly the most dangerous legislation to have come out of Washington since the Patriot Act.

To start our battle against the NDAA, censorship and oppression, though he doesn't have the charisma of Obama, the persuasiveness of Newt Gingrich or the presence of Mitt Romney, we must vote for Ron Paul, the only presidential candidate against the NDAA. If you are for freedom and against the NDAA, you must vote for the mild manored, soft spoken Pon Paul, as he is the only presidential candidate with integrity and honor to really care about the people of the United States.

If you are a true, real-life American patriot and would like to help me get a real, effective initiative rolling against the NDAA, contact me at tomretterbush@gmail.com.

Written By: Tom Retterbush

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