According to documents released tuesday, President Bush claimed the right to waive anti-torture laws and treaties covering prisoners of war after the invasion of Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized guards to strip detainees and threaten them with dogs
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The Justice Department disavowed a memo written in 2002 that appeared to justify the use of torture in the war on terror. The memo also argued that the president's wartime powers superseded anti-torture laws and treaties.
Great, we arent even at war and the Prez has wartime powers, and this without a formal Declaration of War. Law already means so little to this government and they keep throwing it aside anytime our 'servant' gov deems it an annoyance.