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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-detain29sep29,1,557934.story?coll=la-headlines- frontpage

The reference is probably due to the very close to enabling powers (Nazi party response to terror attack) passed by congress. The ability to declare someone an illegal combatant or terrorist with unlimited detention, secret trials with absolutely no oversite and the redefinition of torture as legal as long as it causes no long term major physical disabilities.

Scarring, Mental harm, Psychologic terror, Starvation, degredation are all legal. The definition of disability and long term would probably allow the legal breakage of bones and removal of fingernails and teeth, possibly even the removal of minor digits. This can occur at any time in detention. Exactly how the torture of someone 4-5 years after capture can still yield much/any information, I have difficulty seeing. I can see it satisfying someones desire for revenge or sadistic urges.

I have a lot of problems with the law and believe it will be tossed by the supreme court as it hardly allows for equality under the law as it targets 'furiners'.

If it stands though all that is needed is an ammendment or two in the future and the law could be applied domestically. Shouldn't be hard to do with a domestic terrorist act (eg london tube bombing style). Then you've pretty well got legal nazi concentration camps. It even has massive secrecy and censorship built in, if you know someone has been arrested under the new rules and speak out, you are off to camp as well. This apparently includes the judges and lawyers associated with the cases. The law was also retrospective so Pres Bush and Co won't be put against the wall after the repubs go away.

The vote was very split along the party lines with a number of republicans breaking ranks. Personally the democrats should be using this in a huge way in the coming elections.

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