In 9 Things to Say Goodbye To, I lamented on the loss of privacy and free speech.



Unfortunately, the situation is much worse, thanks a huge group of senatorial cowards that wrote and passed a "defense" bill that allows US citizens to be arrested, detained, even sent to Guantanamo, Cuba without being charged with any crimes.



On New Year's Eve Obama Signed Defense Bill Despite 'Reservations'



Obama's Blatant Hypocrisy



The "reservations" Obama has are of his own making. Please consider this skewering of President Obama by Rachel Maddow.







Link if video does not play: Rachel Maddow Skewers Obama





The bill is a clear and direct attack on the Bill of Rights.







Link if video does not play: Rand Paul vs. John McCain



Road to Tyranny



Please consider this video from Larry Wilkerson, retired colonel and former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell.







Link if video does not play: Wilkerson: New Military Powers the Road to Tyranny



"Larry Wilkerson: National Defense Authorization Act that passed the Senate giving the military power for indefinite detention without trial is a draconian violation of our rights"



Ron Paul Say Defense Bill Establishes Martial Law In America



In an interview with Alex Jones on Prison Planet, Ron Paul says Defense Bill Establishes Martial Law In America







Bill Passes Senate 86 to 13



Unfortunately the Indefinite detention bill passed in Senate



Exactly 220 years to the date after the Bill of Rights was ratified, the US Senate today voted 86 to 13 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, allowing the indefinite detention and torture of Americans.



As RT reported earlier, one provision in NDAA FY2012 will allow for the reinstatement of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” essentially making waterboarding and forms of psychological torture a very possible reality for anyone America deems to be a threat, including its own citizens who, prior to the ruling, had the US Constitution on their side.



Among the corporations which have lobbied in support of NDAA FY2012 are several military contractors, including Honeywell and Bluewater Defense, who together have received millions of dollars in Pentagon guarantees this year alone.



“How long can you hold them? As long as it takes to make us safe,” said Graham.



In his closing marks, Graham ironically recited that in respect to “civil liberties and the American way of life,” US citizens must fight. “If we don’t fight for it, we’re going to lose it.”

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.