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[novapsyche]

Officials worry of summer terror attack -- Translation: Officials want you to worry about summer terror attacks. Because actually it's their job to break up possible attacks before they happen, not broadcast that one might happen on their watch. This tactic strikes me as analogous to news stories about gas prices going up. (You know how I feel when gas goes up? I get upset, but my anger is mitigated, because I'd already been warned that the price was going to rise. Is there such a thing as preemptive collateral damage control?)

yellowmouser lends some gossip: Dick "John" Cheney on DC Madam list?

Endgame is coming soon, folks. Who wants to place bets on martial law by Thanksgiving?

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[simianpower.livejournal.com]

They're not doing any of that under any law I've ever heard of. That's why all of it's causing scandal after scandal. If martial law had been declared, that would be the ONLY scandal and everything else would be exercises of power under that declaration with no further justification necessary. Oh, and it'd probably cause an insurrection.

As an aside, the commander-in-chief has ALWAYS been capable of authorizing bombing raids against other countries without Congress' approval. They're called "police actions" and can't last over 30 days without going to Congress. The problem here is that Congress is a bunch of spineless losers who rubber-stamp every military bill that comes before them rather than look like they're "against the troops". Their power of the purse was SPECIFICALLY put into the Constitution so that they could rein in an otherwise warmongering president, but they've become too scared to use that power and give it to the president by default because of their cowardice.