{"id":324,"date":"2007-07-19T22:25:59","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T03:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/19\/new-bush-dictatorial-decree\/"},"modified":"2007-07-19T22:25:59","modified_gmt":"2007-07-20T03:25:59","slug":"new-bush-dictatorial-decree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/19\/new-bush-dictatorial-decree\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bush Dictatorial Decree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when my concerns about Bush were starting to subside&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Bush issued an executive order on Tuesday permitting the feds to seize the property of anyone who threatens &#8220;the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq&#8221; or who &#8220;undermin(e) efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Justice Department official Bruce Fein commented to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tpmmuckraker.com\/archives\/003726.php\">TPM Muckraker<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0&#8220;This is so sweeping it&#8217;s staggering. I&#8217;ve never seen anything so broad that it expands beyond terrorism, beyond seeking to use violence or the threat of violence to cower or intimidate a population. This covers stabilization in Iraq. I suppose you could issue an executive order about stabilization in Afghanistan as well. And it goes beyond even attempting violence, to cover those who pose &#8216;a significant risk&#8217; of violence. Suppose Congress passed a law saying you&#8217;ve committed a crime if there&#8217;s significant risk that you might commit a crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This order is probably worse than it looks, since that is the pattern with such Bush decrees.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when my concerns about Bush were starting to subside&#8230;. 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