Indefinite detention.

• Position: List - 2012 National Defense Authorization Act - Brief article

RevolutionTruth.org founder Tangerine Bolen is a plaintiff in Hedges v. Obama, a challenge to the indefinite detention provision of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In September, U.S. District Court judge Katherine Forrest blocked that provision of the law. reason asked Bolen for three reasons why Section 1021 is dangerous, especially for journalists and activists.

1 Unconstitutionally vague language in the law provides the U.S. government with sweeping, arbitrary, and absolute detention powers. It allows them to detain you, deny you counsel, and hold you for as long as they wish, if they believe you are "associated" with "terrorism" in any way or "engaged in hostilities" against the U.S.

2 Section 1021--and the government's handling of our case--is a stark example of the slow and total perversion of the rule of law. Mainstream media have...