When Congress inserted provisions into the 2012 NDAA authorizing indefinite detention without due process, I called them federal kidnapping provisions. And I warned that they would eventually be used.

Today, we’re witnessing federal agents black-bagging people on American city streets. When you give government power, it will eventually use it.

When Barack Obama signed the 2012 NDAA into law, I called the "indefinite detention" provisions federal kidnapping powers. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/wNMnClc3nu

— TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) July 22, 2020

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