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A secret Pentagon report calls for Presidential rule by decree:

To protect subordinates should they be charged with torture, the memo advised that Mr. Bush issue a "presidential directive or other writing" that could serve as evidence, since authority to set aside the laws is "inherent in the president."
(Wall Street Journal via Talking Points Memo)

For those of you who don't know what the Enabling Act is, here's a link. I love the Orwellian language of the title of the Enabling Act: Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich (Law in order to remedy the misery of the people and the Reich). Seems familiar, somehow...

Am I worrying too much? Oh? Tell me why.

UPDATE Here is the complete WSJ story, from behind the green door.

UPDATE Oddly (or not) AP's coverage omits the "inherent" authority material.

UPDATE. Funny thing, the Times omits the "inherent" authority material as well. I wonder why?

UPDATE Billmon!