Authorization for Use of Military Force in Response to the 9/11 Attacks (P.L. 107-40): Legislative History
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This report provides a legislative history of the legislation, S.J.Res. 23 , the “Authorization for Use of Military Force” (AUMF), which, as Congress stated in its text, constitutes the legislative authorization for the use of U.S. military force contemplated by the War Powers Resolution. It also is the statute which the President and his attorneys have subsequently cited as an authority for him to engage in electronic surveillance against possible terrorists without obtaining authorization of …
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Date:
January 4, 2006
Creator:
Grimmett, Richard F.
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