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JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE REELING AFTER A FEDERAL COURT''S RULING-- THE GOVERNMENT HAS POWER TO DETAIN AMERICAN CITIZENS THROUGH THE NDAA.

THE DECISION HAPPENED LAST WEEK-- AT A TIME MOST AMERICANS WERE STILL REACTING TO THE TRAVON MARTIN VERDICT.

NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER VERDICT. AND PLAINTIFFS ARE STUNNED THAT A LAWSUIT THEY BROUGHT TO D-C OVER CIVIL LIBERTIES A YEAR AGO-- HAS BEEN THROWN OUT.

IT'S A SCENE THAT'S BEEN REPEATED MANY TIMES THE LAST 18 MONTHS. PROTESTERS IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL SCORNING THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT, OR N-D-A-A. THE BILL IS PASSED EVERY YEAR AS A BUDGET FOR THE MILITARY. BUT THE 2012 VERSION CONTAINED LANGUAGE CONCERNING TO SOME.

SECTION 10-21 STATES THE ARMED FORCES HAS POWER TO DETAIN *ANY PERSON COMMITTING A "BELLIGERENT ACT" AGAINST THE UNITED STATES-- VERBAGE THAT ALARMED A NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS WHO DO JUST THAT-- EVERY DAY-- IN THE COURSE OF GATHERING NEWS.

CHRIS HEDGES IS A WRITER FORMERLY WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES. HE WAS A KEY PLAYER IN THE SUIT.

"Eventually there will be blowback. And they want to be able to call the military into the streets, and seize American citizens, and hold them without due process." (:10)

LAWMAKERS DEFEND THE BILL, STATING SECTION 1021 APPLIES ONLY TO TERRORISTS COMMITTING VIOLENT ACTS. CONGRESSMAN PAUL RYAN SIGNED THE BILL. AND SAYS IN A STATEMENT HE RELEASED:

SOME HAVE ARGUED THAT THESE PROVISIONS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS AND WOULD ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO DETAIN AMERICAN CITIZENS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES FOR AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF TIME IF HE DEEMS THEM A TERRORIST. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. THIS BILL AFFIRMS THE MILITARY'S ABILITY TO LAWFULLY DETAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN ARMED CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES AND ESTABLISHES NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR MILIARY CUSTODY IN CASES WHERE FOREIGN TERRORISTS ARE CAUGHT IN A PLOT TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES.

"What's happening in this court now, is the last thin line of defense between protecting what is left our of our anemic democracy, and the imposition of a military state." (:12)

"A U.S. citizen could never be subject to that kind of detention. Congress disagreed with me, and I didn't want us to not be able to finance our military and pay our soldiers and our troops, so I signed the bill. But what I also said was, look. I'm never going to use this power." (:11)

IN A 60-PAGE RULING AGAINST HEDGES AND HIS LEGAL TEAM, A THREE-JUDGE PANEL FROM THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT READ--

THE LAW SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY TO DETAIN AMERICAN CITIZENS. AND THAT PLAINTIFFS COULD NOT PROVE THEY HAD ACTUALLY BEEN THREATENED WITH DETENTION.

SECTION 10-21 OF THE 20-12 N-D-A-A PROVIDES FOR DETENTION UNDER THE LAW OF WAR WITHOUT TRIAL-- UNTIL THE END OF HOSTILITIES. NO WORD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AS TO WHEN THAT END WILL BE.

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