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Latest NDAA of 2011 Forum Posts

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Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban (legalizing propaganda use on Americans)sbfriedman
5/19/2012 4:24:40 PM
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5/19/2012 4:24:40 PM
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New York judge blocked NDAA's Indefinite Detention provisionsbfriedman
5/17/2012 8:32:00 AM
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5/17/2012 8:32:00 AM
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Overview of Law

The Act authorizes $662 billion in funding, among other things "for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad." In a signing statement, President Obama described the Act as addressing national security programs, Department of Defense health care costs, counter-terrorism within the U.S. and abroad, and military modernization.

NDAA of 2011 Opinion & News Articles

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05/20/12Congress Wants the Department of Defense to Propagandize Americansjuancole.comEducation & U.S. CitizensReference
Two congressmen are attempting to insert a provision in the National Defense Authorization act that would allow the Department of Defense to subject the US domestic public to propaganda. The bipartisan amendment was introduced by Rep. Mac Thornberry from TX and Rep. Adam Smith from WA State.
 
05/18/12Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Banbuzzfeed.comEducation & U.S. CitizensReference
Propaganda that was supposed to target foreigners could now be aimed at Americans, reversing a longstanding policy. “Disconcerting and dangerous,” says Shank.
 
05/16/12Indefinite Detention Blocked: District Judge Rules On Controversial Provision Of NDAA huffingtonpost.comCivil & Human Rights, Laws & Crime & 1st Ame...Reference
NY judge struck down a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists, saying it left journalists, scholars and political activists facing the prospect of indefinite detention for exercising First Amendment rights.
 

 
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