May 23, 2013

NDAA: JUDGE STRIKES DOWN INDEFINITE DETENTION PROVISION

“A federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked the U.S. military from enforcing a law allowing it to indefinitely detain anyone accused of aiding or participating in terrorism. In May, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest issued a preliminary injunction barring the government from enforcing one paragraph of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a 565-page military appropriations bill that sailed through Congress late last year. President Barack Obama signed the bill on New Year’s Eve…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur shares his thoughts.