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Originally Posted by aceventura3
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Gonzales said something to that effect during hearings on the illegal warrantless wiretapping program.
Cheney said it in an interview with Mike Wallace last month, using the context of a "fighting a war" as justification(their context and justification for everything -- wiretapping, torture, rendition, etc) when there in fact has been no formal or legal declaration of war:
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Asked by Chris Wallace if it's legal when the president makes a decision to help the country when it's fighting a war, Cheney said, "As a general proposition, I'd say yes."
"You need to be more specific than that, but clearly when you take the oath to support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic, there's no question about what your responsibilities are in that regard," Cheney said.
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