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It matters that ronald reagan was never impeached for illegally selling missiles to iran and for giving congress the one finger salute when they said you can't have the war you want in nicaragua and he did it anyway. but the missile thing and the war things were plainly illegal, which is why 14 administration officials, including ronald reagan's defense secretary and national security advisers got invite -- indicted but not president reagan. and that set precedent. there was the big non-partisan reviews, that there is no evidence there had ever before been the kind of considered and detailed d...

There was the big non-partisan reviews, that there is no evidence there had ever before been the kind of considered and detailed discussions that occurred after september 11th. we are in a radically expanded era of executive power. that was expanded on purpose. and even though president obama has washed himself clean of the torture prerogative, which was claimed by the last president, means it just a policy precedent that we do not torture now. if you do torture people, even if the advice goes all the way to the president of the united states, the united states will not mind. we just elect to ...