The express language of the NDAA, which includes the Feinstein amendment, means that U.S. citizens are expressly outside the scope of the NDAA mandatory military detention provisions.
Chuck Grassley: “The express language of the NDAA, which includes the Feinstein amendment, means that U.S. citizens are expressly outside…”
On the recordFebruary 28, 2012
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Grassley clarifies that U.S. citizens are exempt from NDAA military detention.
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