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...Revere,” Lieutenant Colonel Leo R. McGonagle says. “It’s a great day to be a solider or a cadet.” The cadet who has chosen to contract steps up to the flag, and McGonagle leads the cadet in the oath of enlistment. “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President...
...military intelligence officer at Abu Ghraib, who has said he had approval from Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, a former commandant of Guantanamo who helped establish interrogation rules at Abu Ghraib. According to Pappas, Miller approved the use of dogs to extract information from detainees. In a statement given under oath on Jan. 25 after he was granted immunity from prosecution, Col. Pappas said he personally approved the use of dogs for a handful of prisoners. That approval, he said, came just days before now notorious photographs - since introduced as evidence in the Smith trial - were taken of Smith threatening...
...secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court within 45 days. It requires the President to submit operational details of the program and specific surveillance whenever requested by a new Congressional subcommittee, which can require answers to detailed questions. It forces the Attorney General to certify in writing and under oath every 45 days that the program accords with the restrictions laid out in the new law. It also notably removes all authorization for the program after five years...
...stops the heart. But it wasn't their argument, or a decision from presiding U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel that temporarily halted Morales' execution. Rather, it was the ethical stance by doctors, who refused to serve as monitors prepared to intervene in case of complications, because of their Hippocratic oath to do no harm...
...Above the Law? Andrew Sullivan, in his essay "America Doesn't Need a New King George" [Jan. 23], was right to criticize President George W. Bush's habit of attaching signing statements that give his interpretation of the legislation he signs. Taking the oath of office, Bush swore to "protect and defend" the Constitution. But his Administration is undermining that document's checks and balances. If lying under oath about an affair was reason enough to bring impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton, then there is cause 10 times over for impeaching Bush. Shame on him, and shame...