This will probably be worth a look. Most of the British left’s involvement with US politics of late has involved faux-outrage (or just plain old pointing and laughing) at the Republican Presidential race. President Obama’s signing of this act is only the latest (and perhaps most egregious) example of his administration’s continuity of many of the worst excesses of the Bush era. If you don’t know about NDAA, read up about it. If you have a look at Wolf and Hedges this evening, perhaps you might want to start here. 

Q&A with Naomi Wolf: the NDAA and free speech