Sponsor John McCain
Co-Sponsors
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
George LeMieux
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS]


3/4/2010--Introduced.Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 - Requires an individual who is suspected of engaging in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners through an act of terrorism and who may be an unprivileged enemy belligerent to be placed in military custody for purposes of initial interrogation and determination of status. Allows the detention and interrogation of such individuals for a reasonable time after capture or coming into custody. Defines "unprivileged enemy belligerent" as an individual who:

(1) has engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners;

(2) has purposely and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; or

(3) was a part of al Qaeda at the time of capture. Authorizes the President to establish an interagency team composed of executive branch personnel with expertise in national security, terrorism, intelligence, interrogation, or law enforcement to interrogate an individual placed in military custody and to determine if such individual is an unprivileged enemy belligerent. Designates such team as a high-value detainee interrogation group. Designates certain individuals in military custody as high value detainees based upon the potential threat such individuals pose for an attack on the United States, its citizens, or military personnel, the potential intelligence value of such individuals, or membership in al Qaeda or an affiliated terrorist group. Directs the high-value detainee interrogation group to conduct interrogations of such individuals and make preliminary determinations whether such individuals are unprivileged enemy belligerents. Deems as the paramount purpose of such interrogations the protection of U.S. civilians and facilities through thorough and professional interrogation for intelligence purposes. Prohibits the use of Department of Justice (DOJ) appropriated funds to prosecute an unprivileged enemy belligerent in an Article III court. Allows the detention of an unprivileged enemy belligerent without criminal charges or trial for the duration of hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners in which the individual has engaged or which the individual has purposely and materially supported.

More yay fascism!

Bill has yet to be voted on, so that's a plus.

Well the third part is ok...... 1 & 2 not so much.

I'm certain we can trust anyone who just says, 'hey, that guy is al-qaeda'.

Im less concerned with foreign than domestic rights.

Doesn't make any distinction.

FuzzNJ will have to straighten his act up. The clamp down is coming!

There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws ... pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers. - Ayn Rand

lol, ayn rand. drunk and hypocrite.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
- Cornelius Tacitus (c. 116 A.D.)

A.D. ?????

You posting this? !!

lmao, it was a cut and paste, would ce make you feel better?

Looks like I'm going to be sick once again, as I have to back Fuzz on this one. Slippery slope, folks, slippery slope.

None of the stuff in the bill is anything new.

I am confident in asserting that we have been secretly employing detention (and torture) of terrorist/enemy suspects for for decades, if not centuries, without the due process and civil rights ordinary U.S. citizen-alleged-criminals are entitled to.

Now, using this against a U.S. citizen, among other things, bothers me...

^ exactly.

We can use this against the Tea Party if they keep acting difficult.

As opposed to say, the liberal 'lion of the Senate'...Ted Kennedy?



...which is essentially what Ayn Rand stated.