The President signs indefinite detention into law

When you find Alex Jones (often hyperbolicly hyperventilating radical-right radio commentator), Rand Paul (Libertarianly rooted Republican son of Ron Paul), Diane Feinstein (uber-liberal Democrat), and the ACLU (aka the Anti-Conservativism Legal Union) all agreeing, it probably ought to get your attention.  It got mine.

The bill has been signed into law.  I will not claim to be able to wrap my head around all the mumbo-jumbo.  However, reading the important parts of the text do bring up alarming concepts, including:

Subtitle D, SEC. 1021, (a) "IN GENERAL.—Congress affirms that the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force ... includes the authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered persons  ... pending disposition under the law of war."

Subtitle D, SEC. 1021, (c) "DISPOSITION UNDER LAW OF WAR.—The disposition of a person under the law of war as described in subsection (a) may include the following: (1) Detention under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force."

Under SEC 1022. MILITARY CUSTODY FOR FOREIGN AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS, we also find an interesting wavier:

(a)(4) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—The President may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) if the President submits to Congress a certification in writing that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.

And one more for good measure:

(b) APPLICABILITY TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LAWFUL RESIDENT ALIENS.—(1) UNITED STATES CITIZENS.—The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.

I am not a lawyer.  I will not hyperventilate.  Nor will I venture into the realm of second guessing how a war should be prosecuted.  But I do know we are currently detaining individuals indefinitely as we speak.  All I know is that the rights enshrined in the the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Amendments of the Constitution are to be jealously guarded at all cost.

May liberty and freedom forever reign in these United States and grow to spread throughout our world!

Resources:

The Bill (scroll to pages 264 & 265):  <www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1540enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr1540enr.pdf>

The Bill (of Rights): http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Amends

Some Articles:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2011/12/2011121475544131362.html
http://www.infowars.com/indefinite-detention-bill-heads-to-obamas-desk/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57343287/wh-oks-military-detention-of-terrorism-suspects/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/15/americans-face-guantanamo-detention-obama