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it was much worse than we knew, i think most of us suspected tho
The Obama administration declassified nine Justice Department legal memos on Monday that asserted a sweeping view of presidential power, including authorizing the military to search Americans' homes without a warrant and sending detainees to other countries regardless of congressional statutes that might dictate otherwise.
Now civil liberties groups are pushing for the release of dozens of similar memos that remain classified.
About a month ago, the American Civil Liberties Union sent the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel a letter and a chart. The chart listed 55 classified Bush administration legal memos on national security issues. The letter basically said, "release these memos."
this will be very interesting as it all come out...
before anybody claims "warpowers" allow me to assure you that we will forever be in a state of war with some nutcase or another, an dthat warpowers were intended to be used in a war with a sovereign nation.....
that sovereignty issue just keeps getting more and more important...
the guy tore up the constitution and kept it secret
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quote:Originally posted by CashCowMoo: Bush should be charged. This is just sick.
Karl Rove is all out of second chances Newswire Services March 02, 2009 On February 23, Karl Rove was supposed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in accordance with a Congressional subpoena. But Rove didn't show up. Again.
Rove didn't show up last year when he was ordered to testify, because his old friend President Bush said that Rove's testimony was protected by executive privilege. Now that Bush is no longer in office, we may finally have an opportunity to learn the truth about his alleged misdeeds, from authorizing voter suppression tactics to orchestrating the arrest of Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.
But even though we have a new president, Karl Rove is still acting like he's entitled to all the privileges that came with his old job. So far, the Obama administration has let him get away with it.
i couldn't find a story in print yet, but i hear that Rove will be testifying in private under oath...
i can't beleive they are doing this in private.
i expect the Dems are going to leverage the threat of prosecution to get what they want instead of bringing justice.
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