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January 26, 2006
George Wants it ALL
What is to stop him from using the same excuse for any and everything? (Slate)
The final problem with Gonzales' theories of unfettered executive authority is that they, as the lawyers say, prove too much. The Article II plus AUMF justification for warrant-less spying is essentially the same one the administration has advanced to excuse torture; ignore the Geneva Conventions; and indefinitely hold even U.S. citizens without a hearing, charges, or trial. Torture and detention without due process are bad enough. But why does this all-purpose rationale not also extend to press censorship or arresting political opponents, were the president to deem such measures vital to the nation's security?
Stalin and Hitler constantly used the excuse of National Security to extend their personal power. It is an old tactic, and so far is alive and well in America.
Posted by Chip Spear at January 26, 2006 5:27 PM
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