The Justice Dept. Doesn't "Legalize" War With Secret Memos Anymore: Now They're Public
In the good old days of Bybee and Yoo, before we let them get away with it, thereby guaranteeing worse things to come, Justice Department memos “legalizing” the crime of aggressive war were secret. Now they’re published quickly, and there’s a new one out on Libya (PDF). It begins:
“The President had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force in Libya because
he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest.
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