Topic: Enemy Combatant

The speakers discuss the "unitary executive" theory and the potential use of the Enemy Combatant Act for domestic crimes. They dismiss rumors of Trump seeking a third term as media distractions. Fuentes characterizes FBI raids in Michigan against protesters as "state-sponsored terrorism" intended to dissuade the public from opposing potential wars in Iran or Yemen.

Jones discusses the legal framework used to justify the detention of U.S. citizens, citing the Military Commission Act sponsored by Mitch McConnell. He argues that the "enemy combatant" designation is a dangerous stretch of the law originally intended for foreign terrorists. He also claims that the U.S. government has historically funded groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS to serve geopolitical interests in Syria.