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Obama follows through and signs NDAA for FY2012 into law →

Human Rights Watch: “President Obama will go down in history as the president who enshrined indefinite detention without trial in US law”

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Ilari Kaila

Obama has stated that he will sign the NDAA for FY 2012 into law. Read more under 1.1 Habeas corpus

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Obama follows through and signs NDAA for FY2012 into law →

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  • Article Contents

    • 1. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
    • 1.1 Habeas corpus
    • 1.2 Closing Guantánamo Bay
    • 1.3 Military tribunals
    • 1.4 Extraordinary renditions
    • 1.5 Torture
    • 1.6 Assassination of U.S. citizens
    • 1.7 The U.S. PATRIOT Act
    • 1.8 Warrantless wiretapping
    • 1.9 Immigrant rights
    • 2. THE WARS, MILITARISM, THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLD
    • 2.1 Militarism
    • 2.2 Iraq
    • 2.3 Afghanistan
    • 2.4 Drone attacks
    • 2.5 Popularity in Arab and Muslim countries
    • 2.6 Pro-democracy uprisings
    • 2.7 Attack on Libya
    • 2.8 War on Drugs
    • 3. CORPORATIONS, SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND ECONOMIC POLICY
    • 3.1 Election funding
    • 3.2 The bank bailout, the foreclosure crisis, and financial reform
    • 3.3 The health care bill, insurance companies, and big pharma
    • 3.4 Social Security
    • 3.5 Bush tax cuts and corporate taxes
    • 3.6 Free trade agreements
    • 4. SECRECY VS. TRANSPARENCY
    • 4.1 The state secrets privilege
    • 4.2 Whistleblowers and journalists
    • 5. THE ENVIRONMENT
    • 5.1 Global warming
    • 5.2 Offshore drilling
    • 5.3 Nuclear power
    • 5.4 Ground-level ozone limits