NDAA of 2012

[Alan]

Well, I'm kind of surprised no one has started a thread on this yet, so I guess I will. The Senate has signed off the legislation and the President has rescinded his veto threat.

What does everyone think?

[TheJuiceBox]

I'm gonna start putting people in jail indefinitely, although by jail I mean basement. Punishment will exclusively be cruel and unusual.

[BReid]

Meh. This has already been government policy for a decade. I don't expect much to change. At least now we're not lying about it.

[Alan]

But that's just it. Before this, it was a presidential interpretation. This codifies it and legitimizes it. It also drastically expands the definition of who the law applies to, compared with the AUMF.

[schneidmaster]

and then Obama signed it :/

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