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-- authorizing torture and extraordinary renditions to secret "black sites;"
-- threatening to attack Iran;
-- illegally spying on Americans; and
-- obstructing investigations about the 9/11 attacks.
No action was taken, so George Bush, Dick Cheney and other high officials in their administration faced no charges in office and still don't today.
The Power of Money
As explained above, only Congress has "the power of the purse" to spend or not spend as it chooses and also how much. Under constitutional and statutory law, "it is illegal to use government funds for anything other than what Congress appropriates them for." Yet lawless spending occurs regularly, including through unaccountable black budgets, and Congress does nothing to stop it.
Through a signing statement, George Bush empowered himself to transfer funds from authorized programs to secret ones. It was one of Kucinich's impeachment charges against him.
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