Religions > Atheism > OT: 2001 Memo Reveals Push for Broader Presidential Powers
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OT: 2001 Memo Reveals Push for Broader Presidential Powers |
2001 Memo Reveals Push for Broader Presidential Powers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6732484/site/newsweek/
A Justice Department lawyer may have been laying the groundwork for the
Iraq invasion long before it was discussed publicly by the White House
WEB EXCLUSIVE
By Michael Isikoff
Newsweek
Updated: 5:45 p.m. ET Dec. 18, 2004
Dec. 18 - Just two weeks after the September 11 attacks, a secret memo
to White House counsel Alberto Gonzales' office concluded that
President Bush had the power to deploy military force
"preemptively" against any terrorist groups or countries that
supported them-regardless of whether they had any connection to the
attacks on the World Trade Towers or the Pentagon.
The memo, written by Justice Department lawyer John Yoo, argues that
there are effectively "no limits" on the president's authority to
wage war-a sweeping assertion of executive power that some
constitutional scholars say goes considerably beyond any that had
previously been articulated by the department.
Michael Isikoff
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=18510aff.0407240236.56183629%40posting.google.com
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