Ernie S.
Diamond Member
you are a colossal moron if you believe that.
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Article 5 of the Geneva Convention applies to POW's, dip-shit. The OWS protestors are not POW's.
And which 'hostilities against the United States or it's coalition partners' have the OWS protestors been part of?
You're just spouting yet another one of your typical lies.
Further, the bill defined High Value detainee:
Seeing it would take the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of defense and the Attorney General to make the determination, I think OWS is safe.(2) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUALS AS HIGH-VALUE DETAINEES- The regulations required by this subsection shall include criteria for designating an individual as a high-value detainee based on the following:
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(A) The potential threat the individual poses for an attack on civilians or civilian facilities within the United States or upon United States citizens or United States civilian facilities abroad at the time of capture or when coming under the custody or control of the United States.
(B) The potential threat the individual poses to United States military personnel or United States military facilities at the time of capture or when coming under the custody or control of the United States.
(C) The potential intelligence value of the individual.
(D) Membership in al Qaeda or in a terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda.
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(E) Such other matters as the President considers appropriate.
COULD it be used to detain protesters? I suppose so. It it likely? No.
It may or it may not be used? The very fact that it's written into a bill should be seen as outrageous.
Look! As much as I disagree with the current administration, I refuse to view every piece of legislation as an assault on my liberties. Our government just doesn't work that way.
Is this a potential threat? Of course it is, as is the Patriot Act. Is an OWS protester going to be detained without charges for the duration of hostilities for shitting on a cop car? No.