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The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Steven Bradbury, head of the Justice Department’s office of legal counsel. When questioned by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on whether the President’s interpretation of the Hamdan case was right or wrong, Bradbury replied, “The President is always right.” :

LEAHY: The president has said very specifically, and he’s said it to our European allies, he’s waiting for the Supreme Court decision to tell him whether or not he was supposed to close Guantanamo or not. After, he said it upheld his position on Guantanamo, and in fact it said neither. Where did he get that impression? The President’s not a lawyer, you are, the Justice Department advised him. Did you give him such a cockamamie idea or what?
BRADBURY: Well, I try not to give anybody cockamamie ideas.
LEAHY: Well, where’d he get the idea?
BRADBURY: The Hamdan decision, senator, does implicitly recognize we’re in a war, that the President’s war powers were triggered by the attacks on the country, and that law of war paradigm applies. That’s what the whole case —
LEAHY: I don’t think the President was talking about the nuances of the law of war paradigm, he was saying this was going to tell him that he could keep Guantanamo open or not, after it said he could.
BRADBURY: Well, it’s not —
LEAHY: Was the President right or was he wrong?
BRABURY: It’s under the law of war –
LEAHY: Was the President right or was he wrong?
BRADBURY: The President is always right.

You can watch the video here:
http://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/bradburycongress.320.240.mov

PS. We are and always have been at war with Eurasia.

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Scary. Sounds more like totalitarianism every day.

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Scary indeed

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Very scary indeed.

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how do you make a sound like a haunted ghost wailing, in a post?

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Steven Bradbury, head of the Justice Department’s office of legal counsel. When questioned by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on whether the President’s interpretation of the Hamdan case was right or wrong, Bradbury replied, “The President is always right.” :

LEAHY: The president has said very spec ...[text shortened]... ogress/2006/bradburycongress.320.240.mov

PS. We are and always have been at war with Eurasia.
It's a fcuking circus.

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Originally posted by mrstabby
Scary. Sounds more like totalitarianism every day.
Facism

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
how do you make a sound like a haunted ghost wailing, in a post?

oooo-ooo-ooo--oooo--oooooo .... (?)
WoooOOOOOooooOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! 😠

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