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To: Red Dog #1
and his assertion that the congressional authorization for military force, passed after the 2001 terrorist attacks, allows for such detention.

I'd like to see the Section of that authorization that allows the President to decree indefinete detention. I've got a buck that says it ain't in there.

14 posted on 12/23/2010 12:01:07 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Lurker
"I'd like to see the Section of that authorization..."

That's something we can agree on. It all comes down the letter of the law...

16 posted on 12/23/2010 12:11:02 PM PST by Red Dog #1
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