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Bush Paves Way for Martial Law

He overturns the Posse Comitatus Act.
The Intelligence Daily:
The changes to posse comitatus signed into law by Bush are extremely significant and ominous. The new law requires the President to notify Congress "as soon as practicable after the determination and every 14 days thereafter during the duration of the exercise of the authority." However Bush, as he has often done during his presidency, modified this requirement in his signing statement, which declared, "The executive branch shall construe such provisions in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority to withhold information the disclosure of which could impair foreign relations, the national security, the deliberative processes of the Executive." In other words, Bush claims that he does not even need to inform Congress that martial law has been declared!

Posted by Editor at March 23, 2007 12:31 PM