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Here you're invoking the very concept of due process you deny everywhere else. The "vetting" before the seizure. Man, that's part of the due process too. It may be that we simply disagree on the scope of the term "due process".

No, that's part of the process too, just not part of my process. But there it is: the process, one of many hidden protections that nobody notices because it's not explicitly written out. Apply that process to the rest of your thesis in this thread, watch how it changes.

And when I see this same imperfect tableau you do, I wish to give the government the *minimum* necessary to get the job done.

In a wartime situation I wish to pound the enemy relentlessly. There is no minimum. Tread lightly has been tried here and sadly failed.

I believe in the parsimonious granting of this kind of power because it is soooo hard to roll back.

EOs are pretty much the easiest form of governance to roll back. I've already documented that in this thread.

This EO exceeds the minimum by a long shot.

Not having any understanding of the risk of monies being used in Iraq, and how much they are and where they come from, I can't say. Very surprised that you have such knowledge.

Assuming of course that you got a day in court.

That damn sky just keeps on falling, doesn't it?