10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free
is the title of this op ed by Jonathan Turley in today's Washington Post, which is a must read.
I urge everyone to read it and pass it on and then scream bloody hell.
Here are his ten reasons, each of which is backed up with detail, as I will illustrate with only one.
Assassination of U.S. citizens
Indefinite detention
Arbitrary justice:
The president now decides whether a person will receive a trial in the federal courts or in a military tribunal, a system that has been ridiculed around the world for lacking basic due process
