First branch #fail: Chris Hayes comment on the defense bill provisions

First branch #fail

by digby

Here is Up With Chris Hayes on the defense bill:

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It seems as though people are going to be arguing about what is actually contained in this bill for some time --- or at least until the courts rule on what it means. I'm with Hayes --- it's about enshrining the principle --- the codification of irrational reactions made during the fog of war. Our political culture (including the congress the pundits and even the public) is constructing a police state. We've watched it happen before our eyes.





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