While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” S. Antonio Fratto, Deputy White House Press Secretary, claims to the national media that Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush has the constitutional authority to order torture in “certain circumstances.”
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The U.s. Army Training and Doctrine Command restricts public access to its unclassified Reimer Digital Library to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and Department of Defense employees (French for “government workers”).
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Subsequent Events:
References:
George W. Bush: Press Briefing by Tony Fratto
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-briefing-tony-fratto-12
White House: Waterboarding is Legal « Vox Nova
www.patheos.com/blogs/voxnova/2008/02/07/white-house-waterboarding-is-legal/
Army Blocks Public’s Access to Documents in Web-Based Library
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002830.html