Bush law chief seeks new Qaeda war declaration

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

Source: Reuters

Congress should explicitly declare war against al Qaeda to make clear the United States can detain suspected members as long as the conflict lasts, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Monday.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080721/pl_nm/security_usa_detainees_dc

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In an Administration full of stupid-ass ideas, this has got to be the most idiotic thing I've ever heard of. I swear to God, if Congress goes along with this I will never, EVER vote for any candidate willing to call himself a Democrat.

[Kaleko]

1. Ha ha, how transparent can these fucktards get?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. It's really pretty frightening....

Making it a declared war would effectively give the White House a blank check to detain and interrogate anybody they damned well please. I say again, if this Congress is fool enough to go along with this, I'm done with them.

[Arctic Dave]

4. I think they are less concerned about the interrogation

blank check then they are about the war funding blank check.

[Supersedeas]

11. their incompetence is exposed almost daily

[no_hypocrisy]

3. So does that mean that the AG and the WH concede that until Congress

passes such a law, that it is illegal to indefinitely hold an individual without right of a trial?

[amandabeech]

7. Probably not.

Mukazey (sp) is not an idiot like Gonzales. His tracks are undoubtedly well covered.

Any argument for admission would be countered by reams of paper and testimony that this was either a "belt and suspenders" operation or meant to relate to further action not necessarily covered by currently asserted theories of the legality of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Ian David]

5. If we don't get rid of Reid and Pelosi, they just might do what he asks. n/t

[The Stranger]

6. This Mukasey piece of shit is full of surprises today.

[ladywnch]

8. you would think (hope) that the Attorney General of the US would

no that Congress can only declare war on a COUNTRY not on a multinational organization. Where did he get HIS law degree Costco?!!! (a little reference for anyone whose seen Idocracy)

[Jefferson23]

9. Why am I shocked. I keep thinking it can't get possibly get

worse, but then it does.

[Parche]

10. How Can We Declare War On Our Own CIA?

Al-CIADA

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :hi:

[bdamomma]

12. they won't stop pushing until we push back.

[havocmom]

13. A double edged sword for the malAdministration:

Sure, it would allow them to blur the intel, state that al Qaeda is operating where ever they want to get their war on, but... 'war' would also clearly mean "Geneva" and the torture perps would be liable in a world court.

Terrorists turned enemies of war by some edict? bushco would have some explaining to do at the Hague and no fine print to parse.