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Scholar Stands by Post-9/11 Writings On Torture, Domestic Eavesdropping
John Yoo knows the epithets of the libertarians, the liberals and the lefties. Widely considered the intellectual architect of the most dramatic assertion of White House power since the Nixon era, he has seen constitutional scholars skewer his reasoning and … Continue reading
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Fear Destroys What bin Laden Could Not
One wonders if Osama bin Laden didn’t win after all. He ruined the America that existed on 9/11. But he had help. If, back in 2001, anyone had told me that four years after bin Laden’s attack our president would … Continue reading
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Congress May Prevail on War Power
In defending a decision to let the National Security Agency eavesdrop inside America without a court warrant, the White House is invoking the same legal argument it uses to justify its policies at the prison for terror suspects at Guantánamo … Continue reading
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Unwarranted Executive Power
AS THE YEAR WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE, we picked up our New York Times and learned that the Bush administration has been fighting terrorism by intercepting communications in America without warrants. It was worrisome on its face, but in … Continue reading
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By surrendering our liberties, we hand victory to terrorists
The authorization of domestic spying without warrants amounts to nothing less than a surrender of our civil liberty, the precise thing that guarantees our freedom and makes us so different from those enemies of freedom from whom the Bush administration … Continue reading
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U.S. Airstrikes Take Toll on Civilians
U.S. Marine airstrikes targeting insurgents sheltering in Iraqi residential neighborhoods are killing civilians as well as guerrillas along the Euphrates River in far western Iraq, according to Iraqi townspeople and officials and the U.S. military. Just how many civilians have … Continue reading
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Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report
The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to … Continue reading
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What Bush Could Learn from Lincoln
My Christmas present to George W. Bush is a copy of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s splendid study of Lincoln and his Cabinet, ”Team of Rivals.” President Bush believes in redemption, and so do I. Here are just a few things Bush … Continue reading
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Bush and Wiretaps: Congress, Citizens, This Means War
In asserting his right to ignore the law, President Bush has slapped Congress right across the face and told them they better like it. Congress can now mutter “Yes, sir” and cower in its corner like a whipped dog, as … Continue reading
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Iraqis March, Say Elections Were Rigged
Large demonstrations broke out across the country Friday to denounce parliamentary elections that protesters say were rigged in favor of the main religious Shiite coalition. Meanwhile, a lawyer for Saddam Hussein said he saw evidence that his client had been … Continue reading
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