BushCo is trying to pull a fast one while no one is looking.

[kpete]

Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: August 29, 2008

WASHINGTON — Tucked deep into a recent proposal from the Bush administration is a provision that has received almost no public attention, yet in many ways captures one of President Bush’s defining legacies: an affirmation that the United States is still at war with Al Qaeda.

Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Bush’s advisers assert that many Americans may have forgotten that. So they want Congress to say so and “acknowledge again and explicitly that this nation remains engaged in an armed conflict with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated organizations, who have already proclaimed themselves at war with us and who are dedicated to the slaughter of Americans.”

The language, part of a proposal for hearing legal appeals from detainees at the United States naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, goes beyond political symbolism. Echoing a measure that Congress passed just days after the Sept. 11 attacks, it carries significant legal and public policy implications for Mr. Bush, and potentially his successor, to claim the imprimatur of Congress to use the tools of war, including detention, interrogation and surveillance, against the enemy, legal and political analysts say.

Some lawmakers are concerned that the administration’s effort to declare anew a war footing is an 11th-hour maneuver to re-establish its broad interpretation of the president’s wartime powers, even in the face of challenges from the Supreme Court and Congress.

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/washington/30terror.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. K&R

Thank you for this exposure...

Good God, will they stop at nothing?

x(

[asjr]

4. Nothing! Just look at the distractions

they have put out for us. A tin soldier running for president and his beauty queen VP candidate. And Cheney Dick in his secret bunker mapping out more crap to throw at us. This administration will never become irrelevant as long as they are still in office. There is still mischief afoot.

[RaleighNCDUer]

19. I've been saying that since, well, since half the people here started

dismissing Bush as being a lame duck as much as a year ago.

This crowd will be a danger even long after January 20 - which is why we CANNOT let them off the hook for their crimes.

[bjobotts]

29. He should be under a magnifying glass till he leaves office for all hius treachery

[Trillo]

35. Don't forget the swat police raids! Secret Warrants!

Fire code violations that deserve a swat-team response of 25-30 officers, assault weapons on display!

Disruption of the RNC by dissenters, oh my! Smells just like Rove, no?

While the raids indeed are serious, I'd say a "state of perpetual war" is hierarchically superior.

[pleah]

2. K&R You can't turn your back for a second with these thugs. n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Not while kpete's on watch.

[northsongs]

5. Justification for the upcoming debacle over Iran?

You gotta watch these people all the time. I'm suspicious that they'll use this to later claim that their 'war on terror' was re-affirmed by law, and then use it to justify an attack/blockade of Iran.

Wouldn't put it past them....

northsongs

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Welcome to DU!

Enjoy yourself in our crazy, addictive little village!

:hi:

[dajoki]

7. Welcome to DU northsongs...

and you are so right about us having to keep an eye on them, now more than ever as their time is running out. Try Googling "Directive 51" and you will see what they can do in their waning months.

Presidential Directive 51 is an Executive Order signed by Bush that can give him "dictatorial powers" in the event of a natural or man made disaster that affects the USA. It will also allow him to CALL OFF THE ELECTION!! And the disaster can be anything from a nuclear attack to another Katrina to a blackout in any city to a California forest fire.

[Politicalboi]

31. Maybe they'll use

Gustav.

[Norrin Radd]

8. kr

[AzDar]

9. Can't we just tie them up in a corner until Jan. 20, 2009?

[santamargarita]

10. You can't take your eyes off the Bush Crime Family for a second

K&R

[barbtries]

11. is this a measure that's up for congressional consideration?

in which case i say fight it.

[annabanana]

12. Sadly, we have to watch them with very little help from corpomedia.

And no dots will be connected unless we do it ourselves.

[Ilsa]

23. Yes! It won't change until we regain control of

our airwaves and media outlets. The fascists control the message.

[Toucano]

13. It was Bush who said,

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

Living up to his promises to the very end.

[ingac70]

16. Kerry should have made a commerical of that! n/t

[butterfly77]

14. KICK! and recommended...

[libodem]

15. Covering their assess

so they will supposedly have an excuse for all the war crimes they have committed in the name of Exxon/Mobil.

[mckara]

17. Republicans Are Authoritarian Bastards!

Slowly, but steadily, they surreptitiously undermine the Constitution and democracy!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Hubert Flottz]

18. THe first thing Nancy needs to do is to get her lazy ass back to DC

and impeach that no account POS!

[rainy]

20. This is so they can go into Iran. The original resolution gives them the power

to attack any country that may be interfering with their efforts in Iraq. Robert Byrd kept saying this over and over again in his most eloquent speeches.

[fascisthunter]

21. The Abuse of Power by Bush and The Republican Party is Criminal

and those directly involved with their criminality, should all be held accountable in the coming years. There is plenty of dirt to destroy the GOP for years...

[kwyjibo]

22. K&R

[SalmonChantedEvening]

24. K&R!! These criminals will never let up

:kick:

They want another war they can leave the next administration, to tie their hands as much as possible in order to prevent the reversal of disastrous policies. And to make a killing, in at least 2 ways.

:grr:

edit: brain works, hands are napping :rofl:

[lisainmilo]

25. Thanks Kpete for keeping us informed! K&R

These guys will keep their "agenda" going no matter the cost.....that is, as long as they are not paying with their money or their blood!

[bdamomma]

26. while we get distracted about certain VP picks

the scum that is still in the WH is plotting, let us stay focused. Cheney has his tripped planned to for this coming week. There is so much crap going underneath our radar, keep focused.

thanks Kpete!!

[NM Independent]

27. Anybody doubted that he would try to pull off some major BS in the last months?

Really?

[FVZA_Colonel]

28. And if the Democrats criticize this as the fucking pander it is, the Repugs will scream about them

being traitors. Perfectly fucking expected.

[uberllama42]

30. But, but, but- Palin's daughter had a baby!

How can you be worried about substantial issues like this when there are sleazy rumors to sling?

[RoccoR5955]

32. Bush can still declare an "emergency," delcare martial law,

and postpone the election indefinitely. This is what I am afraid of. This could be the October Surprise.

[lonestarnot]

33. I've been wondering what they were sneak'n around doing while we were busy looking the other

direction. Bastards! K & R

[Jackpine Radical]

34. Plan A: Install McCain/McBoobs

Plan B: Install martial law, suspend the elections, & stay in power.

[wildbilln864]

36. k&r! nt