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In reply to the discussion: Joe Lieberman Wants Power To Strip Government Opponents of Their Citizenship. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)65. Yes, ''...by a preponderance of the evidence.''
The reason, because this bill helps advance the slide to a police state where people who criticize the government, its policies and its officials, can be classified as enemies of the state.
Suppose I tell someone at OWS that they should burn their draft card. That would make me one..."engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities (meaning any conflict subject to the laws of war) against the United States."
That also means I could get the ziggy and tossed in the slammer or disappeared into Gitmo in Riyadh and no lawyer I can afford could do anything about it.
I am to understand that you do not oppose the bill?
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Joe Lieberman Wants Power To Strip Government Opponents of Their Citizenship. [View all]
Octafish
Dec 2011
OP
Israel has their Lieberman. We have ours. In the end, neither will have a positive effect on Israel
hlthe2b
Dec 2011
#21
If you know anything about Israel's Lieberman, you know theirs is much worse.
Behind the Aegis
Dec 2011
#22
I want to know what happens if you are stripped of citizenship. Are you shipped...
joshcryer
Dec 2011
#19
Joe Lieberman did not make this type of idiotic statement back in his earlier political life.
northoftheborder
Dec 2011
#32
"...lock up and punish anyone they want as an enemy combatant without due process or trial. "
unkachuck
Jan 2012
#68
Oh, that's OK. Obama will veto it like he vetoed the NDAA...oh, wait.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2012
#70