This is an article by journalist Christopher Hedges about a historic court case just recently which overturned an egregious and unconstitutional provision of the Defense Authorization Act with which I and anyone with a clue about the nature of abuse of power in this country have had a deep concern since it was initially enacted under President Bush. I bristled when it was originally enacted, but quite frankly I was unsurprised at the time.
What offended me was Obama’s reauthorization. Mr. Obama is a constitutional historian. He should know better. Section 1012 of the NDAA effectively suspends habeus corpus. It is as unAmerican as it is possible to get and still claim rule of law.…