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> The NSA is our best hope in this war Is this an inconvenient time to point out that we're technically not in a congressionally approved "war" with anyone?
by joelrunyon 13y ago
> The NSA is our best hope in this war
Is this an inconvenient time to point out that we're technically not in a congressionally approved "war" with anyone?
- mpyne 13y agoA Congressional declaration of war would, by law, put an exceptional amount of wartime powers in the hands of one person, the President of the United States. For what are hopefully obvious reasons, Congress has not chosen to go through with that. On the other hand, they have passed an "Authorization for the Use of Military Force" which is still current, authorizing military action in Afghanistan and wherever AQ or other terrorists groups might be found.