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‘Obama lawyers worse than Bush’s’

Press TV – June 20, 2011

An analyst says George W. Bush’s lawyers threatened to resign en mass when placed in a situation similar to Barack Obama’s lawyers, who were overruled on the Libya war.

American lawyer, columnist, and author Glenn Greenwald says in 2007 lawyers in the Bush administration threatened to resign en mass over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless eavesdropping program, The Huffington Post reported.

Similar to how Obama ignored legal advice on his Libya war campaign being illegal without congressional approval Bush decided to reject the legal conclusions of his top lawyers and order NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program to continue.

In the Republican’s case, however, several top administration lawyers, including, FBI Director Robert Mueller, threatened to resign en masse if Bush continued with the illegal spying program.

Earlier this week, Obama overruled top White House lawyers by deciding to argue that US military operations in Libya do not require congressional approval. However, his lawyers failed to take any decisive action.

Obama rejected the legal advice of Pentagon general counsel lawyer Jeh Johnson and the head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Caroline Krass, in concluding that his administration was not in violation of the 1973 War Powers Resolution (WPR) by continuing its operation in Libya beyond 90 days, The New York Times reported on Friday.

Obama argued that the US military in Libya is only active in support roles and its actions do not amount to “hostilities,” therefore it is not in violation of the WPR despite having extended US operations in Libya to more than 90 days without seeking congress’s approval.

June 20, 2011 - Posted by | Civil Liberties, Militarism, Progressive Hypocrite

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  1. […] ‘Obama lawyers worse than Bush’s’ aletho | June 20, 2011 at 2:27 pm | Categories: “Hope and Change”, Civil Liberties, Militarism | URL: http://wp.me/pIUmC-787 […]

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  2. this miserable NBA JACKOFF puppet is WORSE than Bush.

    how’s that feel, those of you assholes who voted this turd and drone murderer into office?

    how does that feel?

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    HOW DOES IT FEEL's avatar Comment by HOW DOES IT FEEL | June 21, 2011 | Reply

    • And there are people out there that actually still support this regime. Talk about blind faith.

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      aletho's avatar Comment by aletho | June 21, 2011 | Reply


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