Prison Camps for American Citizens Who Dissent from Bush’s Policies

Brian Zick

Thanks to the "Military Commissions Act of 2006," anyone - including an American citizen - who speaks out against the government's policies could be declared, on the exclusive authority of the President, an "unlawful enemy combatant" and imprisoned indefinitely. Marjorie Cohn for AlterNet reports: Kellogg Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, is constructing a huge facility at an undisclosed location to hold tens of thousands of Bush's "unlawful enemy combatants." Americans are certain to be among them. via Talk Left

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