An amendment “to clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war or any similar authority not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States” was stripped out of the just-passed $633 billion defense authorization bill in conference, reports Bridget Johnson of PJMedia.Com
The bill is now before President Obama.
Obama has vowed to veto the bill, but it passed with a veto-proof majority.
The Feinstein-Lee amendment clarifying the limit of government arrest powers passed the Senate 67-29 on Nov. 29.
The conference committee led by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) removed this provision. The revised bill passed the Senate 81-14 and the House 315-107.