You Americans aren't going to do anything about this. You should, but you aren't going to.

You see, this site is a rather small section of the American population. Those of you here, want to fight against these things, but the rest of the masses who never have even heard of this site, or topics like these have no idea what your talking about when you say they should protest this.

You need to get off this site.

You need to get to your local militia's and local places of political talk and spead the word.

You need to camp out on the local MP's office until what you want is given.

ATS is not your answer. Go out, and spread this news via other ways.

Just as a reminder to those who seem to forget:

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” – Patrick Henry

I can only hope some of us have not been listening to some of our current "historians" who may have become political candidates.

Anyone know if this has been signed by President Obama yet?

I've been trying to find out all day, but there is not much out there on this even though it could be one of the worst pieces of legislation to go into effect since the Patriot Act.

We are no longer a country where the government fears its people, the people fear the government.
I could care less about the democrat/republican fights. It's the same thing. And I do agree that it is funny that the people that were screaming for Bush/Cheney's head are now silent on Obama.
The threat of the veto was because the President wanted to have the authority to imprison people, not congress.
Remember, the Patriot Act was to stop and/or track terrorists. This new law gives the authority to nab anyone the administration thinks is against the government. Without evidence, a trial, or due process. Look up the what a terrorist can be described as. Veterans, gun owners, protesters, someone missing fingers anyone who may have a grudge against the government. So while you are thinking of the here and now, they are thinking five, ten years from now. Anytime the government takes control of something or makes a new law, it isn't long before it is extremely bloated and wasting billions of dollars or we see how badly a new law was abused. This will be no different and it doesn't matter if the people that sign it are blue or red.

What's going on with our reaction to this despicable law?

Has anyone organized a petition or a way to approach the legislators who sponsored this and signed this?

Are we just letting it go?

What my senator sent me in a e-mail about why he voted for the NDAA.

Dear Friend,

Thank you for contacting me about my vote on the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.

The U.S. Senate recently passed the National Defense Authorization Act that included language to address the handling of terrorists and enemy belligerents detained by the United States. Over recent years, there have been several proposals, including the Terrorist Detainees Procedures Act, which would grant those detained as enemy belligerents for suspected terrorist acts against the United States the rights and privileges of American citizens. I do not believe enemy belligerents have constitutional privileges, including access to federal courts to question our military authority and control.

I supported the FY12 defense bill because I have great concerns about the possibility of allowing into the United States individuals who were and will likely remain a threat to our homeland security. I believe the safety and security of our country depends upon allowing the military to pursue options to maintain our security, including detaining and interrogating terrorists.

The Obama Administration has effectively created a false choice for dealing with terrorists captured overseas: either bring them to the United States to be given the full constitutional rights available to U.S. citizens in our civilian court system or release them to return to the fight against the United States. The detainee provisions of the FY12 defense bill (S. 1867), which were unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, would address this issue. Critics have launched several misleading arguments against these provisions. However, the practice of holding captured terrorists in military detention is based in long historical practice, even back to George Washington, and the provisions in the 2012 defense bill are supported by Supreme Court precedent, past practice, and common sense. Rest assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind as the U.S. Senate considers legislation affecting the Guantanamo detainees.

Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts on this important issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about any other issue important to you.