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President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 on Wednesday, despite his own threat to veto it over prohibitions on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Civil liberties advocates had roundly criticized the bill over Guantanamo and a separate section that could allow the military to indefinitely detain American citizens on suspicions of supporting terrorism.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan yesterday ruled in favor of a group of writers and activists who sued President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Defense Department, claiming a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law Dec. 31, puts them in fear that they could be arrested and held by U.S. armed forces.

Recently, there has been a victory and a defeat regarding the indefinite detention provision of the Fiscal Year (FY)2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges filed a lawsuit against President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta claiming the provision, as applied, violates the 1st and 5th Amendments. U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest not only gave Hedges standing to challenge the law, she also issued an injunction to halt the legalized kidnappings!

Obama has just signed into LAW the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Section 1021 of this act calls for indefinite detention without trial for those deemed "terrorists". Section 1022 requires that persons arrested and detained under the provisions of section 1021 are required to be held by the U.S. Armed forces. This may or may not include lawful resident aliens. Shame on you Obama. Shame on you U.S. Senate. Shame on you John McCain and Carl Levin. Welcome to the Police State.

Pulitzer Winning Reporter Chris Hedges: US Being Transformed Into A Gulag By Military Industrial Complex.
An award winning reporter who is suing the Obama administration over the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which legislates for the ‘indefinite detention’ of American citizens without trial, is appalled at the lack of media coverage of the issue.

"A small town in Massachusetts says it is “opting out” of a federal law that allows the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial.

The city of Northampton on Thursday passed a strongly worded resolution (PDF) to protest provisions of the federal government’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which even President Barack Obama said he had “serious reservations” about signing."

Sad, isn’t it, that just two days before Christmas, we have to stand out in the cold and worry about getting another big lump of coal from our politicians?! But unfortunately it’s expected that Obama will sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law right after the holiday. Since that’s the same day the big sales start, few Americans will probably be paying attention to the police state being officially ushered in.

The Media Blackout on the Absolute Power of NDAA

Another mysterious media blackout has occurred and this time, it’s surrounding the National Defense Authorization Act, also known as NDAA. Fox News has remained typically silent, except for one article which doesn’t bother delving into the implications of this invasive, overreaching bill.

NDAA scares the crap out of me as an activist, a blogger, a talk radio host, and a podcaster...