They believed that the president could do as he liked, even if Congress, even if the Supreme Court said he couldn't...
Cheney's Law
For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a number of controversial legal decisions. Orchestrated by Cheney and his lawyer David Addington, the department interpreted executive power in an expansive and extraordinary way, granting President George W. Bush the power to detain, interrogate, torture, wiretap and spy -- without congressional approval or judicial review.
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Ya' know, in general I believe "to know is better than not to know."
But this is the mass murderer that killed thousands of people in the world trade centers.
This is the asshole that pushes the new world order with military clout with cheerleaders like bill crystal.
This is the cheney that should be hung by the neck with piano wire.
etc.
Right about now I can do quite nicely without seeing the frontline biopic.
http://tinyurl.com/ysvn2s
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