Ron Paul Backs Smith-Amash Amendment to Limit Military Detentions

[tsai3904]

http://www.nationaljournal.com/ron-paul-backs-smith-push-to-limit-military-detentions-20120516

The Texan made a surprise appearance at a House press conference in support of a bipartisan amendment to the defense authorization bill, which hits the House floor today, that would ban indefinite and military detention of anyone captured on U.S. soil, regardless of citizenship.

“I do not believe a republic can exist if you permit the military to arrest American citizens and put them in secret prisons and be denied a trial,” Paul argued.

The amendment, cosponsored by House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., with the support of Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., promises to reopen the decade-long debate over whether to prosecute terrorism suspects in federal civil courts or within the military.

Paul, with just a bit less fire than he showed in this year's presidential debates, asserted that if 9/11 planner Khalid Sheik Mohammed had been tried the same way the World Trade Center bombing terrorists were tried in 1994, he could have received a death-penalty conviction “10 years ago.”

“The system works; we should not be so intimidated,” Paul said. “This cannot stand.”

The Smith-Amash amendment that will ban indefinite detention will be voted on either Thursday or Friday and the establishment is out in full force against it.

If you want more info about the Smith-Amash amendment, check out Justin Amash's Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/repjustinamash?v=wall

Here's the letter Amash wrote to all his colleagues:
http://amash.house.gov/sites/amash.house.gov/files/051412NDAADearColleague.pdf

Here's an establishment opposition response:
h ttp://freebeacon.com/defeating-national-defense/

Contact your Representatives and tell them to support the Smith-Amash amendment to the 2013 NDAA bill.

 

[GRNBO]

Cool, I'm spreading this news around a little.

It's smooth and tasty like peanut butter.

 

[specsaregood]

Paul said. “This cannot stand.”

 

[kathy88]

Someone please please please go to one of Romney's upcoming events and ask him if he would support this bill? He probably knows nothing about it. We could get a good shot of his DUH face.