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President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 31, 2011, allowing any president to imprison a suspected terrorist without trial until the threat of terrorism subsides - that is, indefinitely. With the signing of this bill, the president's power has expanded in the monitoring of suspected terrorist threats while sacrificing civil liberties. Previously, by the executive order of George W. Bush, the president could only imprison people without trial if they were possibly involved with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But now, the new law states that anyone can be taken into custody if he or she is a suspected supporter of terrorists groups or those groups' affiliates. These vague parameters make the NDAA bill threatening to civil rights. An individual's suspected affiliation with a certain group is based on the U.S. government's fear and desire to control.

Jon Hatakeyama

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