. . . civil liberties,
habeas corpus, and the rule of law.
Here are the 10 objectives of the
American Freedom Agenda:
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Prohibit military commissions whose verdicts are suspect except in places of active hostilities where a battlefield tribunal is necessary to obtain fresh testimony or to prevent anarchy;
- Prohibit the use of
secret evidence or evidence obtained by torture or coercion in military or civilian tribunals;
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Prohibit the detention of American citizens as unlawful enemy combatants without proof of criminal activity on the President’s say-so;
- Restore
habeas corpus for alleged alien enemy combatants, i.e., non-citizens who have allegedly participated in active hostilities against the United States, to protect the innocent;
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Prohibit the National Security Agency from intercepting phone conversations or emails or breaking and entering homes on the President’s say-so in violation of federal law;
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Empower the House of Representatives and the Senate collectively to challenge in the Supreme Court the constitutionality of signing statements that declare the intent of the President to disregard duly enacted provisions of bills he has signed into law because he maintains they are unconstitutional;
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Prohibit the executive from invoking the state secrets privilege to deny justice to victims of constitutional violations perpetrated by government officers or agents; and, establish legislative-executive committees in the House and Senate to adjudicate the withholding of information from Congress based on executive privilege that obstructs oversight and government in the sunshine;
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Prohibit the President from kidnapping, detaining, and torturing persons abroad in collaboration with foreign governments;
- Amend the Espionage Act to
permit journalists to report on classified national security matters without fear of prosecution; and;
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Prohibit the listing of individuals or organizations with a presence in the United States as global terrorists or global terrorist organizations based on secret evidence.
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http://www.americanfreedomagenda.org/ The conservative
American Freedom Agenda is a parallel organization to the progressive
American Freedom Campaign founded by Naomi Wolf, the ACLU, MoveOn, Amnesty International and others.
(The 10 point agenda of both the American Freedom Campaign & of the American Freedom Agenda are virtually identical, and focus on issues which have, until recently, been valued by Americans left & right.
In 2007, however, every Democratic candidate has indicated support for the principles of the American Freedom Campaign, while no Republican candidate besides Ron Paul has endorsed the American Freedom Agenda, and most Republican candidates specifically repudiate these principles.)Bruce Fein was 1 of several prominent conservatives who contributed articles to the
Washington Monthly "Time For Us to Go" article in October, 2006, in which these disaffected Republicans
urged Democratic victory in 2006.
(Fein is a constitutional lawyer who was part of the Reagan Department of Justice.). . . . . . . . . Meanwhile, the right wing propaganda machine keeps repeating the false assertion that it is "only" the left wing of the Democratic base that wants to hold the president & vice president responsible, and restore civil liberties and constitutional governance.
(And the "Mainstream Media", as usual . . . . . )