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In a country born out of political dissent, we watch our leaders in Washington slowly pass bills that label ordinary Americans as thought criminals and potential domestic terrorists for simply questioning the actions of their government.

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Comment by Ross Wolf
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President Obama wants the power to incarcerate U.S. Citizens not on evidence, but for what they might do. Obama gave a speech in May 2010 at a Security Conference, that proposed incarcerating in indefinite prolonged detention without evidence, any person government deemed a “combatant” or likely to engage in a violent act in the future; that would include U.S. Citizens “without evidence of wrongdoing.” With that amount power Obama like Hitler could arrest members of Congress, drag U.S. Citizens off the street and from their homes to be imprisoned (indefinitely) based only on Government’s claim they are a “combatant” or likely to engage in a violent act in the future. If Congress approves Obama’s categories of people likely to engage in violent acts, overnight millions of lawful U.S. activists and out spoken Americans could be subject to arrest, Indefinite Prolonged Detention. When you examine Obama’s speech, it appears Obama wants retroactive power to incarcerate anyone government claims (prior) supported violent acts on the premise that person is likely to support or commit violent acts in the future: U.S. activists would be extremely vulnerable to detention, because no activist can control what another activist or group might do illegally they network with domestically or overseas. Government would only have to allege a person, organization or blogger might support or commit a violent act in the future to order Preventative Detention of lawful Citizens with no evidence whatsoever. Americans would be afraid to speak out. 

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