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On New Year’s Eve, the president signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for the 2012 Fiscal Year (NDAA). Within it were some very troubling provisions that address how our armed forces handle detainees. Proponents of the bill declared that America was now the “battlefield” in the war on terror, and that there may be “enemy combatants” among us that should be picked up and detained by the military without an opportunity to face charge or trial.



Americans from across the political spectrum were rightly furious and dismayed.



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