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Bush Lawyer Said President Could Order Civilians to Be ‘Massacred’, By Michael Isikoff

The chief author of the Bush administration’s “torture memo” told Justice Department investigators that the president’s war-making authority was so broad that he had the constitutional power to order a village to be “massacred,” according to a report released Friday night by the Office of Professional Responsibility. The views of former Justice lawyer John Yoo were deemed to be so …

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