Company Who Lobbied for the NDAA Indefinite Detention Bill Given 23 Million Dollar Contract



According to reports from the Daily Kos and Russia Today, a company specializing in night raid equipment was awarded a 23 million dollar contract from the Department of Defense and subsequently went on to lobby for the NDAA which has given the government the power to indefinitely detain American citizens.



Surefire LLC openly lobbed for the House version of the NDAA, a bill many have claimed has effectively ended the Bill of Rights, months after receiving the 23 million dollar contact from the DOD.



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Anonymous: Night Raid Equipment-Maker Lobbied for NDAA, Singles Out Sen. Rob Portman.



"Robert J. Portman...we are truly disturbed by the ludicrous $272,853 he received from special interest groups supporting the NDAA bill that authorizes the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil."





Obama Administration Writes Rights Out of New Indefinite Detention Law



On April 5, the Defense Department quietly sent a report to Congress indicating how it intends to implement a new law requiring lawyers and judgesfor detainees held in long-term U.S. military custody. As expected, DoD largely wrote the new rights out of existence, ensuring theyd be accorded to few, if any, detainees. Whats more, it severely limited the scope of judicial review even that small number will receive.



Originally intended to apply to the prisoners held by the United States at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Section 1024 of the National Defense Authorization Act is now more likely to apply to some future category of indefinite detainees held by the U.S. government. And therein lies the problem.



Just three months after President Obama signed the NDAA in December, the United States negotiated with Afghanistan to transfer most of the 3,200 detainees imprisoned at the Detention Facility in Parwan, as the U.S.-run prison at Bagram is called, to Afghan custody within six months. That transfer agreement doesnt mention anything about what sort of review those detainees will get from the Afghan authorities  or, for that matter, whether theyll get any sort of hearing at all. Because there isnt an indefinite detention law in Afghanistan spelling out the grounds for detention or any entitlement for due process, those prisoners could end up stuck in an Afghan prison for many more years without charge or trial.



for Night Raid EquipmentAccording to reports from the Daily Kos and Russia Today, a company specializing in night raid equipment was awarded a 23 million dollar contract from the Department of Defense and subsequently went on to lobby for the NDAA which has given the government the power to indefinitely detain American citizens.Surefire LLC openly lobbed for the House version of the NDAA, a bill many have claimed has effectively ended the Bill of Rights, months after receiving the 23 million dollar contact from the DOD."Robert J. Portman...we are truly disturbed by the ludicrous $272,853 he received from special interest groups supporting the NDAA bill that authorizes the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil."On April 5, the Defense Department quietly sent a report to Congress indicating how it intends to implement a new law requiring lawyers and judgesfor detainees held in long-term U.S. military custody. As expected, DoD largely wrote the new rights out of existence, ensuring theyd be accorded to few, if any, detainees. Whats more, it severely limited the scope of judicial review even that small number will receive.Originally intended to apply to the prisoners held by the United States at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Section 1024 of the National Defense Authorization Act is now more likely to apply to some future category of indefinite detainees held by the U.S. government. And therein lies the problem.Just three months after President Obama signed the NDAA in December, the United States negotiated with Afghanistan to transfer most of the 3,200 detainees imprisoned at the Detention Facility in Parwan, as the U.S.-run prison at Bagram is called, to Afghan custody within six months. That transfer agreement doesnt mention anything about what sort of review those detainees will get from the Afghan authorities  or, for that matter, whether theyll get any sort of hearing at all. Because there isnt an indefinite detention law in Afghanistan spelling out the grounds for detention or any entitlement for due process, those prisoners could end up stuck in an Afghan prison for many more years without charge or trial. 14 Tweet