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To: stockman_scott who wrote (162092)	3/2/2009 8:44:05 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 363186

Don't blame me. I got mine. Very sweet.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (162092)	3/2/2009 9:26:33 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 363186

Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos By Devlin Barrett and Matt Apuzzo Associated Press Posted: 03/02/2009 05:53:11 PM PST WASHINGTON — The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed 92 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects. The Justice Department released nine legal opinions showing that, after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Bush administration determined that certain constitutional rights would not apply during the coming fight. Within two weeks, government attorneys were discussing wiretapping U.S. conversations without warrants. The Bush administration eventually abandoned many of the legal conclusions, but the documents had been closely held. By releasing them, President Barack Obama continued a housecleaning of the previous administration's most contentious policies. The Obama administration also acknowledged in court documents Monday that the CIA destroyed 92 videos involving terror suspects, including interrogations — far more than had been known. Congressional Democrats and other critics have charged that some of the harsh interrogation techniques amounted to torture, a contention President George W. Bush and other Bush officials rejected. The new administration pledged Monday to begin turning over documents related to the videos to a federal judge and to make as much information public as possible. The legal memos written by the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel show a government grappling with how to wage war on terrorism in a fast-changing world. The conclusion, reiterated in page after page of documents, was that the president had broad authority to set aside constitutional rights. Fourth Amendment protections against unwarranted search and seizure, for instance, did not apply in the United States as long as the president was combating terrorism, the Justice Department said in an Oct. 23, 2001, memo. "First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully," Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo wrote. "The current campaign against terrorism may require even broader exercises of federal power domestically." mercurynews.com