Is the Pentagon preparing for martial law in America?

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VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
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Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

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Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!





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Rutherford Institute?

have a cup f tea and relax a bit.

turn it down a degree or two

take a deep breath
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
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Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

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Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.
 
You are describing the end play of 'globalism' / 'one world order' desired by many of the 'Bilderbergs'. The thing to realize is that law enforcement would be step one and they would, in large part, fold at that point. Most, if not all, are family oriented types that have far more allegiance to their families and fellow citizens than to state, county, town. Same goes for the military but at a much higher dissuasion bar that would have to be reached... can't exactly up and leave the armed forces without some serious blow back. The real issue is with UN / NATO type forces coming in here they would carry out any atrocities without qualm... At least for the foreseeable future we have checked this 'globalism' trend. For instance, there was a firearms bill giving the UN the authority to dictate gun laws in our country... Trump put an end to that. The precipitous slide toward the 'elites' running the world is tenuous but we have a bit of respite here for the immediate future. The general philosophy to bear in mind is that this 'Bilderberg' One world model is designed for the elites to control the masses. They may not have all the money (much of it) but control and power is the objective, along with curtailing the population size.
 
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VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.


Martial law would bring all 400,000,000 privately owned firearms and ordnance in the hands of 100,000,000 citizen owners (currently) to the fore.

There are approximately 2.5 million active military. I don't know the ratio of state and municipal police, but they and their families have to live in their neighborhoods, and would likely stand down if martial law was implemented for any but the most dire of reasons.

Just a thought.
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.


Martial law would bring all 400,000,000 privately owned firearms and ordnance in the hands of 100,000,000 citizen owners (currently) to the fore.

There are approximately 2.5 million active military. I don't know the ratio of state and municipal police, but they and their families have to live in their neighborhoods, and would likely stand down if martial law was implemented for any but the most dire of reasons.

Just a thought.

I estimate 90% of gun owners chickening out because there is no organization, no alert system, no logistics, no commo, heck most people don't even know their neighbors.
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.

Our founding fathers' wisdom was keen... The scenario presented here has close correlation to what the Revolutionary War was fought over... Times change but the tenets of freedom, not so much. It really is incumbent on the majority of the population to bear arms, first and foremost, for protecting our collective freedom against tyranny. That's why it's so appalling to have the 'Diane Feinsteins and Bloombergs' out there speaking in terms of hunting etc. No... it's for protection against tyranny, essentially for protection against 'them' and the slippery slope they seem intent on pushing us over... leading to the OP's post.
 
Well now the conspiracy loons are in full bray tonight. No, the only way that martial law will be declared in this nation is a nuclear exchange with Russia, or the New Madrid fault or Cascadia Subduction Zone coming unstuck. And in the latter two, the Martial Law would be limited to the areas affected. Of course, were the Yellowstone Caldera to erupt, then you might get complete martial law out of that.
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.

Our founding fathers' wisdom was keen... The scenario presented here has close correlation to what the Revolutionary War was fought over... Times change but the tenets of freedom, not so much. It really is incumbent on the majority of the population to bear arms, first and foremost, for protecting our collective freedom against tyranny. That's why it's so appalling to have the 'Diane Feinsteins and Bloombergs' out there speaking in terms of hunting etc. No... it's for protection against tyranny, essentially for protection against 'them' and the slippery slope they seem intent on pushing us over... leading to the OP's post.

Most of the standard hunting rifles are man accurate to 600 yards. And the only bullet that counts is the one that hits its target.
 
I'm not sure if this belongs in the conspiracy theory thread or if they should create a new category for it like tinfoil hat.
 
So I find it hard to believe most of you do not see how cops are today compared to lets say ten years ago.
 



The movie was in the making a few years ago, based on similar things this post is about.............

The man who made was Killed we all knew of this and helped him along the way . Most of us see his death as odd his wife, his kid and as usual they claimed it as a murder suicide.
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.



I mean look the cops didn't go around and SHOOT first ask later...............Today they shoot kids, unarmed people etc..
How nobody can't see this bs is really beyond me.
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.

Our founding fathers' wisdom was keen... The scenario presented here has close correlation to what the Revolutionary War was fought over... Times change but the tenets of freedom, not so much. It really is incumbent on the majority of the population to bear arms, first and foremost, for protecting our collective freedom against tyranny. That's why it's so appalling to have the 'Diane Feinsteins and Bloombergs' out there speaking in terms of hunting etc. No... it's for protection against tyranny, essentially for protection against 'them' and the slippery slope they seem intent on pushing us over... leading to the OP's post.

Most of the standard hunting rifles are man accurate to 600 yards. And the only bullet that counts is the one that hits its target.

SHTF you 'aint' going to do much sniping... taking several out within spitting distance is more like it.
 


VIDEO: The U.S. military plans to take over America by 2030. According to “Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command, the U.S. military plans to use armed forces to solve future domestic political and social problems. Yet, as John W. Whitehead explains in this episode of On Target, what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
--------------------------------

Thanks to an overabundance of 4500-plus federal crimes and 400,000 plus rules and regulations, it’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it. Everyday, more and more Americans are being arrested for such absurd “violations” as letting their kids play at a park unsupervised, collecting rainwater, growing vegetables, and holding Bible studies in the privacy of their own home.

The Rutherford Institute :: Overcriminalization

-----------------------------------------------

Well we are going to see this , it's all happening right before our eyes, but of course if you can't get people to understand the importance of NO OPEN border we sure in the hell aren't going to get them to see this whatsoever.
To many indoctrinated zombies think America will never suffer from anything like this., But hey when it all happens they'll believe it then. Sad part it will be too late.

That's why taking our freedoms for the rights of those who aren't even Americans is so important....

AMERICAN'S ARE THE TERRORIST, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY SPY ON, YOU ARE THE ONES THEY ARE PARANOID ABOUT...................WAKE UP!!


Umm ... no.

No?

Don't you mean, they are already prepared. What did you think that Jade Helm was all about?

They are all prepped and ready to go. When ever the C.O.G. trigger is pulled and the orders go out, they will hop right to it.

. . . and now that this amateur of a president is in charge, I am sure they are just itching for an excuse.

The Chinese and Japanese won't buy treasuries, boom. The Russians won't let us use force, boom. The Chinese stick up for north Korea, boom. The tea party comes to the aid of the Native American protesters or Black Lives Matter, boom.

Another Katrina or 9/11? BOOM. They'll pull that marshal law trigger so quick it will make your head spin. Look what two brothers did to a neighborhood in Boston.


Martial law would bring all 400,000,000 privately owned firearms and ordnance in the hands of 100,000,000 citizen owners (currently) to the fore.

There are approximately 2.5 million active military. I don't know the ratio of state and municipal police, but they and their families have to live in their neighborhoods, and would likely stand down if martial law was implemented for any but the most dire of reasons.

Just a thought.


In 1800, if you had told Americans that they would willing vote for the American government to require them to surrender their children to forced government schooling by the year 1900, you might have gotten a similar response.

In 1990, if you had told Americans that they would willing vote for the American government to require them to surrender their freedom to make decisions over their own health care and then soon after their college education and career choices by 2030 to government control, you might have gotten a similar response.

If you had told Americans in 2000 that they would be talking about a guaranteed basic income at the expense of economic growth and freedom to innovate by the year 2040, they might have given you a similar response.

The guy that made the video is part of the boiling frogs philosophy, now the Newsbud network. I don't think you really understand the concepts we are talking about here.
 
The Patriot Act was not designed to be used against supposed terrorists. “It’s not meant for intelligence, it’s for criminal cases,” Assistant Attorney General David Kris told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “So I guess it’s not surprising to me that it applies in drug cases.”

The Patriot Act allows the government to search and seize Americans’ papers and effects without probable cause to assist “terror” (drug and other victimless crime) investigations. It prevents a right to a speedy and public trial (ask American Jose Padilla about this one). It discourages freedom of association, freedom of speech (the government may prosecute librarians or keepers of any other records if they tell anyone the government subpoenaed information related to a terror investigation), and the right to legal representation (the government may monitor conversations between attorneys and clients in federal prisons and deny lawyers to Americans accused of crimes).

Obama and the Patriot Act: “Yes We Can” Kill the Bill of Rights

And you can not tell me there aren't not current cases/ issues where this hasn't occurred.
 
2013 NDAA EXPANDS POWER OF MILITARY TO DETAIN CITIZENS
“This year, through the incorporation of the Right to Habeas Corpus Act, the bill makes clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that every American will have his day in court,” a press release issued by the Armed Services Committee states.

Is the NDAA 2013 an improvement over the previous version? At first glance, it would seem so. Consider the following clause included in the bill:

Nothing in the AUMF [Authorization for the Use of Military Force] or the 2012 NDAA shall be construed to deny the availability of the writ of habeas corpus or to deny any Constitutional rights in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution for any person who is lawfully in the United States when detained pursuant to the AUMF and who is otherwise entitled to the availability of such writ or such rights.

However, according to Bruce Afran, a lawyer for a group of journalists and activists suing the government over the NDAA 2012, this is merely smoke and mirrors.

Because there are no established rules allowing a citizen to exercise the right to a civilian trial, as guaranteed by the Constitution (specifically, the Sixth Amendment), detained citizens have no way to gain access to lawyers, family or a civilian court after they are detained by the military.

“The biggest thing about the [2012] NDAA was that you weren’t getting a trial … Nothing in here says that you’ll make it to an Article III court so it literally does nothing,” Dan Johnson, founder of People Against the NDAA, told Business Insider on Thursday. “It’s a bunch of words, basically.”

“The new statute actually states that persons lawfully in the U.S. can be detained under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force [AUMF]. The original (the statute we are fighting in court) never went that far,” Afran explained. “Therefore, under the guise of supposedly adding protection to Americans, the new statute actually expands the AUMF to civilians in the U.S.”

Although Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is being portrayed as a savior by offering up language that would “affirm the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution and limit the indefinite detention of Americans,” more than a few observers of his co-sponsored amendment to the NDAA say the effort does not go far enough.

On Thursday evening, the “Senate voted on Amendment No. 3018 to the National Defense Authorization Act sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein
 

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