Myth busted: Yes, the NDAA does apply toAmericans,

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Myth busted: Yes, the NDAA does apply to Americans, and here’s the text that says so Mike Adams 1. Natural News Monday, January 2, 2012 In the aftermath of the signing of the NDAA by the traitorous President Obama, some citizens remain completely hoodwinked by the language of the bill, running around the internet screaming that the law “does not apply to American citizens.” This is, naturally, part of the side effect of having such a dumbed-down education system where people can’t even parse the English language anymore. If you read the bill and understand what it says, it clearly offers absolutely no protections of U.S. citizens. In fact, it affirms that Americans are subjected to indefinite detainment under “existing authorities.” Let’s parse it intelligently, shall we? First off, the offending section of the bill that used to be called 1031 was moved to 1021. Here is the title: (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-…) SEC. 1021. AFFIRMATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES TO DETAIN COVERED PERSONS PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE. The two relevant sections to consider are titled and stated as follows; (d) CONSTRUCTION. — Nothing in this section is intended to limit or expand the authority of the President or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military Force. By PARSING the language here, we must split it into two sentences based on the “or” operator. This statement essentially means: • Nothing in this section is intended to LIMIT the authority of the President or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military Force. • Nothing in this section is intended to EXPAND the authority of the President or the scope of


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