General of Darkness
1st December 2011, 10:07 PM
WTF?
Senate Passes Bill With Disputed Terror Policies
By EVAN PEREZ (http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=EVAN+PEREZ&bylinesearch=true)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a $662 billion Pentagon funding bill Thursday night after days of fights among lawmakers over terrorism-related provisions that would authorize indefinite detention without trial and give preference to military detention of terror suspects instead of the civilian justice system.
The Obama administration has threatened to veto the legislation, arguing the executive branch should decide how to try terror detainees.
The Justice Department, the Pentagon and intelligence agencies voiced opposition to the military-detention provision, arguing it would interfere with the work of terrorism investigators and interrupt intelligence collection. Instead of civilian trials, suspects accused of being members of al Qaeda and related groups would face military commissions under the legislation, unless the defense secretary grants a waiver.
The legislation was approved by a 93-7 vote.
The Senate and House must now agree on a compromise funding bill because the House version of the legislation differs from the Senate version.
A White House spokesman didn't have immediate comment.
The bipartisan bill--sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (JEW), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and his Republican counterpart, Sen. John McCain (crypto-kike)--has scrambled traditional political alliances.
Some Republicans aligned with the tea party movement, led by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, have railed against provisions that Mr. Paul argued violated the Constitution, aligning himself with liberal Democrats.
Senators spent hours Thursday arguing over a provision that authorizes the indefinite detention without trial of some terror suspects, including American citizens. President Barack Obama has outlined plans to use indefinite detention and lawmakers in both parties sought to make clear such a tactic is legal.
But after an outcry conveyed by both liberal and conservative blogs, lawmakers arrived at a compromise that essentially concluded the indefinite detention was allowed while saying current policy wouldn't change.
Both parties emerged disagreeing over whether the law allowed or disallowed indefinite detention of Americans. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (jew) (D., Calif.), an architect of the compromise, said it didn't. Sen. Lindsey Graham (FAGGOT) (R., S.C.), who helped negotiate it, said he believed it did.
Senate Passes Bill With Disputed Terror Policies
By EVAN PEREZ (http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=EVAN+PEREZ&bylinesearch=true)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a $662 billion Pentagon funding bill Thursday night after days of fights among lawmakers over terrorism-related provisions that would authorize indefinite detention without trial and give preference to military detention of terror suspects instead of the civilian justice system.
The Obama administration has threatened to veto the legislation, arguing the executive branch should decide how to try terror detainees.
The Justice Department, the Pentagon and intelligence agencies voiced opposition to the military-detention provision, arguing it would interfere with the work of terrorism investigators and interrupt intelligence collection. Instead of civilian trials, suspects accused of being members of al Qaeda and related groups would face military commissions under the legislation, unless the defense secretary grants a waiver.
The legislation was approved by a 93-7 vote.
The Senate and House must now agree on a compromise funding bill because the House version of the legislation differs from the Senate version.
A White House spokesman didn't have immediate comment.
The bipartisan bill--sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (JEW), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and his Republican counterpart, Sen. John McCain (crypto-kike)--has scrambled traditional political alliances.
Some Republicans aligned with the tea party movement, led by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, have railed against provisions that Mr. Paul argued violated the Constitution, aligning himself with liberal Democrats.
Senators spent hours Thursday arguing over a provision that authorizes the indefinite detention without trial of some terror suspects, including American citizens. President Barack Obama has outlined plans to use indefinite detention and lawmakers in both parties sought to make clear such a tactic is legal.
But after an outcry conveyed by both liberal and conservative blogs, lawmakers arrived at a compromise that essentially concluded the indefinite detention was allowed while saying current policy wouldn't change.
Both parties emerged disagreeing over whether the law allowed or disallowed indefinite detention of Americans. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (jew) (D., Calif.), an architect of the compromise, said it didn't. Sen. Lindsey Graham (FAGGOT) (R., S.C.), who helped negotiate it, said he believed it did.