The U.S. Is No Longer The Land Of The Free

The Washington Post:

Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations around the world. Iran, for example, has been criticized for denying fair public trials and limiting privacy, while Russia has been taken to task for undermining due process. Other countries have been condemned for the use of secret evidence and torture.

Read the whole story: The Washington Post

Comments

[yakmon]

12:59 PM on 01/20/2012

Fear not the article is at: http://jonathanturley.org/2012/01/15/10-reasons-the-u-s-is-no-longer-the-land-of-the-free/

For now...

[yakmon]

12:54 PM on 01/20/2012

Excellent article. Makes me wonder why the Post doesn't allow it to be read anymore. I had planned to send a link to Obama but the page no longer loads.... Imagine that.

[kolach]

07:10 PM on 01/18/2012

It's almost comical in the way the Federal government claims it can protect the average citizen from harm by taking away their rights bit by bit. Warrentless wire taps, secret searches with secret courts with secret evidence, but they _still_ needed to pass the NDAA. Hilarious.

[Kye154]

12:19 PM on 01/18/2012

This is the same old story when we were debating about the Patriot Act over 10 years ago. Our civil right keep being trampled upon, and we keep raising and debating the issue, but don't seem to get beyond that to do anything about it. So, our rights just keep eroding away. The U.S. has become a police state, and is probably now one of the worst of the industrialized countries of the world to live in. Perhaps Americans must just enjoy all this "security" we have now, to tolerate this situation.

[Bombastic1892]

10:50 AM on 01/18/2012

And some of you folks want to allow the government to have a monopoly on firearms.

[yakmon]

12:55 PM on 01/20/2012

Like you have the capability to arm yourself against the government. You probably never even heard that drone coming...

[den1953]

10:34 AM on 01/18/2012

Nothing like starting a bogus agency call it homeland security and drive home a point to the American people it is there to make every American safe and free, while stripping all your freedoms away from American citizens!

[ClevelandLib]

11:04 AM on 01/18/2012

Orwell isn't just rolling in his grave he's spinning at warped speed.

[den1953]

11:44 AM on 01/18/2012

No doubt my friend.

[Chaton de Malheur]

10:30 AM on 01/18/2012

The House released the official vote tally on its website and it shows that 190 Republicans voted for the bill and 43 voted against it, while 93 Democratic representatives voted for and 93 voted against it.

How did your representatives vote on the National Defense Authorization Act?
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/268602/20111216/nd...

If they approved it, write to let them know they are in the dog house:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

[OliverTwist]

10:28 AM on 01/18/2012

Jonathan Turley has been covering our steady decline into tyranny for quite a while.

It's a shame that our upcoming elections will not offer any major candidates likely to reverse or even slow that decline.

[JohnQB]

10:23 AM on 01/18/2012

Careful, guys. Remember that Homeland "Security" monitors HuffPo.

[Captai]

11:52 AM on 01/18/2012

Eff those effers!

[Fred Hood]

10:20 AM on 01/18/2012

I felt free in the 60's

[yakmon]

01:00 PM on 01/20/2012

Before or after you were drafted?

[Fred Hood]

06:36 AM on 01/23/2012

before

[heymack]

10:09 AM on 01/18/2012

All of the above compounded by the nanny state telling us what to eat, watch, listen to and read.  No thank you, I will remain free whether this oppressive government likes it or not.

[TWeissMA]

10:36 AM on 01/18/2012

I will remain as, 'free,' as I can. This government has already taken away my ability to fly on an airline - with PTSD I cannot guarantee the safety of TSA personnel because I don't know how I would react to being molested by them, so I can't fly. The same for trains now I guess.

If this government starts posting thugs at stores or on streets, doing the TSA molestation thing then I will find myself completely isolated at home; a very bad thing.

[plebian43]

10:02 AM on 01/18/2012

You think this bad, do a web search on H.R. 3166, The Enemy Expatriation Act. It is chillingly pathetic.

[ThePeoriaKid]

09:56 AM on 01/18/2012

Archie Bunker is alive and well, I see..

[BraveAlive]

09:54 AM on 01/18/2012

Hollywood miths :
- America is a free country
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America is NOT free .... ask it's minorities citizens

[TWeissMA]

10:17 AM on 01/18/2012

America has never been, 'free,' for People with Disabilities, a fact. Equality has never existed in this nation for us; ever. Despite hundreds of years, we still don't have equality, freedom, or equal access. We still face down stigma, prejudice, hate and more.

You had better believe there are other minority populations in America who experience these same things.

[Marysdude]

09:53 AM on 01/18/2012

No matter which side of the political aisle you are on, you have to realize one thing...freedom was taken from the people by the free market system. Wealth gravitated to fewer and fewer hands. Those hands decided that to protect their wealth accumulation they needed a government. The closest government to take over was the people's government. It is called Oligarchy, or Plutocracy and until 'we the people' realize and understand what has happened our freedoms will continue to disappear.

[MNTom]

10:16 AM on 01/18/2012

You are correct.

[ClevelandLib]

10:51 AM on 01/18/2012

Bingo.