NUCLEAR STRIKE againt China is NOW part of US LAW! NDAA
The right to a preemptive nuclear strike against China is now part of US
law - thanks to the National Defense Authorization Act. The Pentagon's
also ordered a thorough review of when, and how, America could strike at
the network of tunnels believed to hold Beijing's atomic arsenals.
The
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012 is a
United States federal law which besides other provisions specifies the
budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense. The
bill passed the U.S. House on Dec. 14, 2011, the U.S. Senate on Dec. 15,
2011, and was signed into United States law on December 31, 2011, by
President Barack Obama.
The Act authorizes $662 billion in
funding, among other things "for the defense of the United States and
its interests abroad." In a signing statement, President Obama described
the Act as addressing national security programs, Department of Defense
health care costs, counter-terrorism within the U.S. and abroad, and
military modernization. The Act also imposes new economic sanctions
against Iran (section 1045), commissions appraisals of the military
capabilities of countries such as Iran,
China, and Russia, and
refocuses the strategic goals of NATO towards "energy security." The Act
also increases pay and healthcare costs for military service members
and gives governors the ability to request the help of military
reservists in the event of a hurricane, earthquake, flood, terrorist
attack or other disaster.
The most controversial provisions to
receive wide attention were contained in Title X, Subtitle D, entitled
"Counter-Terrorism." In particular, sub-sections 1021 and 1022, which
deal with detention of persons the government suspects of involvement in
terrorism. The controversy was to their legal meaning and potential
implications for abuse of Presidential authority. Although the White
House and Senate sponsors maintain that the Authorization for Use of
Military Force (AUMF) already grants presidential authority for
indefinite detention, the Act states that Congress "affirms" this
authority and makes specific provisions as to the exercise of that
authority. The detention provisions of the Act have received critical
attention by, among others, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and some media sources which are
concerned about the scope of the President's authority, including
contentions that those whom they claim may be held indefinitely could
include U.S. citizens arrested on American soil, including arrests by
members of the Armed Forces. The detention powers currently face legal
challenge.
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