Fusion Centers: IGNITE! [Fwd: Cold War-era FBI memos show how close the US came to declaring Martial Law | Private Prisons "cherry pick" their populace]

[Georgi Guninski]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 03:09:26AM -0800, coderman wrote:
> ...Martial Law...

I am not native English speaker, so have 2 questions.

1. What is the difference between "Martial Law" and
torturing innocent people without trial [-1]?

Since communism/advanced socialism is discussed:

2. What is the difference between torturing innocent people without trial
and (say) Stalin's approach to his sheeple (besides the scale)?


[-1]:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture&oldid=643173952#Examples_of_torture_and_abuse_of_prisoners
-1 is permanent link, feel free to check current