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"Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies" weakens Insurrection Act · 723 days ago
On Oct. 17, the John W. Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2006 was signed into law by President Bush. Hardly noticed by anyone was that it contained a provision titled “Use of the Armed Forces in Major Public Emergencies” which modified the 1807 Insurrection Act. The changes make it easier for the President to call in the National Guard for use in a martial law situation.
From CQ.com:
Specifically, the new language adds “natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident” to the list of conditions permitting the President to take over local authority — particularly “if domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order.”Since the administration broadened what constitutes “conspiracy” in its definition of enemy combatants — anyone who “has purposely and materially supported hostilities against the United States,” in the language of the Military Commissions Act (PL 109-366) — critics say it’s a formula for executive branch mischief.
Yet despite such a radical turn, the new law garnered little dissent, or even attention, on the Hill.
One of the few to complain, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., warned that the measure virtually invites the White House to declare federal martial law.
It “subverts solid, longstanding posse comitatus statutes that limit the military’s involvement in law enforcement, thereby making it easier for the President to declare martial law,” he said in remarks submitted to the Congressional Record on Sept. 29.
“The changes to the Insurrection Act will allow the President to use the military, including the National Guard, to carry out law enforcement activities without the consent of a governor,” he said.
Moreover, he said, it breaks a long, fundamental tradition of federal restraint.
“Using the military for law enforcement goes against one of the founding tenets of our democracy.”
— SWAT Team
NYCLU educa a grupos del activista sobre peticiones de la limadura FOIA · 728 days ago
Si eres un miembro de cualquier progresista, pacifist, paz, u organizaciones radicales yo recomendarte consiguen en tacto con el NYCLU y ven si ayudan a tu subsistencia de la organización un ojo en lo que piensa el FBI en la organización dicha.
Del the village voice:
Si quisieras descubrir si una organización a la cual perteneces, o a la cual has apoyado, se está apuntando, las libertades civiles de Nueva York Unión-muchas a su crédito como unintimidated el baluarte del primer y cuarto Enmienda-ha comenzado a “Spy Files Campaign.”Como director y el consejo legislativo Udi Ofer del campo de NYCLU explica, este afiliado de Nueva York del ACLU nacional es implicado en educar a grupos del activista en la “su derecha de obtener la información sobre sus archivos de la vigilancia del gobierno por la libertad federal que archiva del acto de la información (FOIA) y la libertad de Nueva York de las peticiones de la ley de la información (FOIL).”
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Mientras que Ofer dice, puedes conseguir una copia del kit de herramienta del NYCLU para los individuos y de organizaciones interesado en la libertad de la limadura de las peticiones de la información entrándolo en contacto con en la unión de las libertades civiles de Nueva York, 125 amplia calle, Nueva York, NY 10004 (teléfono: 212-607-3300, exterior 342; tela: nyclu.org). También, porque los detalles y los papeles legales con respecto a las peticiones de FOIA archivadas por los afiliados de ACLU alrededor del país, incluyendo una lista de clientes, ir a aclu.org/spyfiles.)
— SWAT Team
NYCLU educates activist groups about filing FOIA requests · 728 days ago
If you’re a member of any progressive, pacifist, peace, or radical organizations I recommend you get in touch with the NYCLU and see if they’ll help your organization keep an eye on what the FBI thinks of said organization.
From the village voice:
If you would like to find out whether an organization to which you belong, or which you have supported, is being targeted, the New York Civil Liberties Union—much to its credit as an unintimidated bulwark of the First and Fourth Amendments—has begun a “Spy Files Campaign.”As NYCLU field director and legislative counsel Udi Ofer explains, this New York affiliate of the national ACLU is involved in educating activist groups on “their right to obtain information about their government surveillance files by filing federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests.”
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As Ofer says, you can get a copy of the NYCLU’s tool kit for individuals and organizations interested in filing Freedom of Information requests by contacting him at the New York Civil Liberties Union, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 (phone: 212-607-3300, ext. 342; web: nyclu.org). Also, for details and legal papers regarding the FOIA requests filed by ACLU affiliates around the country, including a list of clients, go to aclu.org/spyfiles.)
— SWAT Team
