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This is what's so confusing about the NDAA One paragraph the New York times says
The most disputed provision would require the government to place into military custody any suspected member of Al Qaeda or one of its allies connected to a plot against the United States or its allies. The provision would exempt American citizens, but would otherwise extend to arrests on United States soil. The executive branch could issue a waiver and keep such a prisoner in the civilian system.
And then in the next paragraph the New York Times says
A related provision would create a federal statute saying the government has the legal authority to keep people suspected of terrorism in military custody, indefinitely and without trial. It contains no exception for American citizens. It is intended to bolster the authorization to use military force against the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which lawmakers enacted a decade ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/u...ilitary-custody-for-terror-suspects.html?_r=3
No matter what one part of the NDAA may have been written if another portion contridicts the provision that says U.S. Citizens are exempt.
The most disputed provision would require the government to place into military custody any suspected member of Al Qaeda or one of its allies connected to a plot against the United States or its allies. The provision would exempt American citizens, but would otherwise extend to arrests on United States soil. The executive branch could issue a waiver and keep such a prisoner in the civilian system.
And then in the next paragraph the New York Times says
A related provision would create a federal statute saying the government has the legal authority to keep people suspected of terrorism in military custody, indefinitely and without trial. It contains no exception for American citizens. It is intended to bolster the authorization to use military force against the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which lawmakers enacted a decade ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/u...ilitary-custody-for-terror-suspects.html?_r=3
No matter what one part of the NDAA may have been written if another portion contridicts the provision that says U.S. Citizens are exempt.