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March 03, 2009

Bush administration memos claimed vast war powers

From the International Herald Tribune:

The secret legal opinions issued by Bush administration lawyers after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks included assertions that the president could use the nation's military within the United States to combat people deemed as terrorists and to conduct raids without obtaining a search warrant.

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Posted by crispy at March 3, 2009 09:46 AM

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