President Bush Crosses His Fingers Behind His Back On Torture Ban

The president wrote “signing statement” - the equivalent of crossing things out of a contract before signing it:

The executive branch shall construe section 8104, relating to integration of foreign intelligence information, in a manner consistent with the President’s constitutional authority as Commander in Chief, including for the conduct of intelligence operations, and to supervise the unitary executive branch. Also, the executive branch shall construe sections 8106 and 8119 of the Act, which purport to prohibit the President from altering command and control relationships within the Armed Forces, as advisory, as any other construction would be inconsistent with the constitutional grant to the President of the authority of Commander in Chief.

Emphasis is mine.

Because in this administration, the president is commander in chief, and the other two branches of government are just for funzies.

*Bonus points for this one spawning two new categories: war, and criminal. These will probably be used together. A lot.

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