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I've gone on about this piece of legislation before.  Last night, Keith Olbermann did another comment on it that you can watch here.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15321167/ I stayed up pretty late, going over the details with people and it seems we are walking very close to the edge of the abyss. The Military Commissions Act of 2006, besides making legal our reinterpretation of the Geneva Conventions, also creates a new class of criminals: unlawful enemy combatants.  Anyone, including US citizens, may be declared unlawful enemy combatants under this law.  The remainder of the law only deals with alien enemy combatants (AECs) or non-citizens.  There is no procedure that details the process for a citizen that has been detained as a non-alien enemy combatant.  Among the procedures for dealing with AECs is the suspension of Habeas Corpus, the law that requires that evidence used against you is presented. This, like the wiretapping bill, is going to...
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