Ron Paul Fights NDAA: Infowars Nightly News

Ron Paul Introduces Legislation to Strike NDAA's Unconstitutional Section 1021 Kurt Nimmo www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv January 18, 2012 Rep. Ron Paul left the campaign trail on Wednesday to speak on the House floor about the National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law on the first day of the new year by Obama. Paul introduced legislation to strike the NDAA's Section 1021, the discretionary detention provision authorizing the President to detain persons accused by the government of supporting terrorism. Ron Paul has serious reservations despite Obama's issuing a signing statement declaring that he will not use the law to detain Americans. In December, Paul said the bill will accelerate the country's "slip into tyranny" and virtually assures "our descent into totalitarianism." The Texas congressman and presidential candidate said on Wednesday the bill "provides for the possibility of the US military acting as a kind of police force on US soil, apprehending terror suspects, including Americans, and whisking them off to an undisclosed location indefinitely." He then criticized his fellow lawmakers. "Sadly, too many of my colleagues are too willing to undermine our constitution to support such outrageous legislation. One senator even said, about American citizens being picked up under this section of the NDAA, 'When they say 'I want my lawyer,' you tell them, 'Shut up. You don't get a lawyer.'" "Is this acceptable in someone who has taken an oath to <b>...</b>
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