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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
sorry ustwo, i can't agree with the ends justifying the means. The law is the law. If we overlook violations of the law, why did we have the law in the first place?
this is the slippery slope here. this is exactly what the founding fathers tried to prevent by checks and balances in the constitution because they were all too familiar with a head of state claiming it was for the good of the people/country.
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There has never been a war in our history, where the executive branch did not violate the law in some fashion. This is no different, and in fact requires such actions even more due to the nature of the conflict. If you are comfortable wrapping yourself up in the cloak of indignation over such violations please do so, and perhaps it will keep you warm while watching images from some future terrorist attack on CNN.
Silent enim leges inter arma. - Cicero