Concentration Camps Being Built on US Soil?

On Tuesday, January 24th, the KBR division of Halliburton issued a press release announcing that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded them a contract to build "detention and processing ... facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."

In 1933, in the wake of the Reichstag Fire, the Nazi partied rallied for and won the legal passage of the Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz in German).  This act granted largely dictatorial powers to the Nazi regime, as it allowed them to bypass the legislative branch of the German government, and to create and enforce laws from the executive branch.

On of the first actions of the newly enabled regime was to hire contractors to build detention camps at various locations throughout Germany.  One of the most famous was Dachau.  These camps were used initially to imprison political enemies of the Nazis, largely the leadership of the opposition parties.  Over time, the Nazis began the systematic imprisonment of those persons undesirable to the regime, including Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, Jehovahs Witnesses, Masons, and others.

Since they've come to power, the Bush administration has exhibited a pattern of blatant and unprecedented abuses of power, extra-legal activities, and violation of basic human rights.  In addition, they have undermined our Constitution, particularly the First and Fourth amendments through their highly clandestine activities.

While it would be irresponsible to claim that the Halliburton detention centers being built on U.S. territory are indeed concentration camps, I request that you prompt your Senators and U.S. Representatives to conduct an inquiry into the true motives behind the construction of these detention facilities.

Thank you for reading my first diary!