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Originally Posted by taxwonk
This raises an interesting question. If Obama could spend $80 that Congress had appropriated for another purpose, and he spent it on stuff that, presumably, Congress shouldn't have had to tell him he couldn't spend money torturing people, then why couldn't he have just decided to spend the money doing something more American, like shutting down Gitmo?
If you're going to tell Congress "Fuck you, I'll spend it as I see fit," Then there is no excuse left for him not to have fulfilled his promise to shut it down.
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Huh? This money was spent under W, and presumably came from money appropriated for CIA operations.
