FreedomEssay title: FreedomFreedom was and still is the dream of every American. Freedom is defined as the liberty of choice or action, self-determination of rational beings, the right to enjoy privileges of membership or citizenship, and independence. The natural rights of all men have been stated as “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” In order for freedom to exist, people must take on the responsibility to pursue and maintain their dream. The dream of freedom requires people to take responsibility to govern themselves in a way in which freedom can succeed without chaos. Civilizations have used governmental law and social rules to regulate their citizens. People must maintain a direct hold on their government and society through their laws and social structure, allowing for each individual within their citizenship to keep their own identity while participating in the civilization as a whole. When people take on the responsibility of their citizenship and
follow the laws and rules founded for them, freedom is allowed to work for everyone.Today and in future days, which many Americans seek to make secure, freedom is being overtaken by challenges. First, there is freedom of speech and expression. One day when someone wakes up, he/she will not have a voice. Freedom is not having to ask for permission, but is simply voicing an opinion. Second, there is the freedom of every person to worship God in his own way-everywhere in the world. If Americans don’t take a stand right now, they will be told what God to worship, how to worship, and when to worship. Then, there is freedom for m fear. Finally comes the freedom to want and wish. The first Americans followed their dream toward freedom by coming to America
In February, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially announced that the nation had found seven former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were held in US-run facilities and still held in foreign locations. In July 2015, a lawsuit was filed by a group called Human Rights Watch that has been circulating documents over the past 10 years accusing the government of violating the civil rights of US citizens held in foreign courts. The plaintiffs allege that the federal government in fact targeted American citizens after being warned to do so by officials, despite having no basis in law.
According to an ACLU lawsuit against the U.S. government from 2010, the government “has sought and obtained direct and indirect orders to detain all individuals in the United States for conduct that violates any applicable law, including any of their human rights and liberties, without due process, without due processes to determine whether the actions are reasonable” and that “these orders are designed merely to target individuals for the “involuntary and unlawful imprisonment without due process” for no more than 90 days” (source: ACLU lawsuit by ACLU).
“In September 2015, the federal government ordered at least 14 individuals detained on or near Guantanamo Bay and their legal and Constitutional rights to access the U.S. courts because of their age, age-restricted citizenship status, mental illness, mental health violations, or mental health violations at any time in the past 25 years.
The federal government’s policy has been described as an ‘unconstitutional program’ which arbitrarily targets the rights guaranteed by federal law, and targets anyone with a ‘reasonable expectation of privacy, without the due process of law.'”
According to the Associated Press, the government has also issued “notice to individuals detained because of their age, religious belief, or lack thereof.”
In April, the government ordered the release of former CIA Chief of Staff John Brennan. In an exclusive interview with Democracy Now!, Brennan asked, “To what degree had American citizens been taken to the Guantanamo Bay jail to begin with? Were they subject to the same or similar treatment as detainees we’ve seen? Was they allowed to walk through security if they tried to escape?” According to Justice Department whistleblower William Binney, the agency has “apparently no legal standing to do that. Our best guess is they’re in detention that we don’t want them to have. There’s no guarantee of security.”
The government has consistently claimed that those prisoners have been held for various illegal or torture reasons.
While US authorities have not directly said whether American citizens are held in facilities inside the United States or overseas, we have documented at least five US facilities that have continued to be closed to foreign officials despite being used by the Department of Justice and other State Department contractors to monitor and detain US citizens. According to an ACLU press release of February 8, 2016 (source: Guardian ), one of those facilities (a former military base, located outside of the United States) closed under the