Monday, September 01, 2008

Bush quietly seeks to make war powers permanent

John Byrne, The Raw Story, reports:
...Buried in a recent Administration proposal is a sentence that affirms the United States remains in a state of permanent war with al Qaeda and "associated organizations." If passed by Congress, it could give him and future presidents unrestricted power to continue wiretapping, torture, and detain Americans and 'enemy combatants' without charge....
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