Comments about ‘Letter: Due process of law, other rights at risk’

The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act is an abomination and I am extremely disappointed that the president signed it. But keep in mind, it was passed by the Republican congress too.

So I have to ask if the letter writer had evidence to support his very disjointed claims?

As can be expected, Mr. Dahlquist's letter takes a legitimate concern and runs off in a hyper-partisan direction with it. Both political parties have been too enthusiastic about sacrificing our liberties for security after 9/11. I am disappointed that Obama hasn't backed off of this trajectory, but it was started in the Bush administration with the Patriot Act and TSA and has received largely bipartisan support afterward.

Since we were foaming at the mouth to invade Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks and a significant portion of us were fooled into rah-rahing the Iraq War because of fabricated fears, we shouldn't be surprised that we also let our elected officials create laws that violate our basic freedoms in exchange for a reduced risk of a terrorist attack.

But sure, blame it all on Obama if that makes you feel like you have no role in this.

Time to repeal acts like these. Especially the patriot act which all repubs were supporting and cheering just a few years ago. Time to bring sanity back to our politics

Well, you know what a flaky left wing outfit the ACLU is. I wouldn't listen to them for a second.

Not sure where the letter writer is getting their information.
Another example of a misinformed DN contributor.

First, the NDAA 2013 is a House bill, passed by a majority of House Republicans. The Senate version did not pass the House, so the Senate and the Pres. then approved the House version.

The ACLU highlights the "bad" and the "ugly" about the NDAA as follows:
The Bad:
"Language that could lead to claims of a right to discriminate.

Section 533 is problematic because it has the potential to give rise to dangerous claims of a right to discriminate against lesbian, gay, and bisexual service, women, religious minorities, and in the provision of health care."

The Ugly:
"Guantánamo will remain open.

By signing the NDAA, Obama conceded to another round of transfer restrictions that constrain his ability to repatriate detainees home, to resettle them in third-party countries, or to prosecute them domestically in federal courts."

Pres. Obama issued a signing statement outlining his objections to the NDAA, including the measures highlighted by the ACLU.

More nonsense. Not much unusual here.

Boy! What a pivot. From issues of due process to gun control. Fear! Fear! Without our assault guns the big ol bad Feds will execute us all without legal process.