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In Bush we trust - or else

In Bush we trust - or else: "This one is a frontal assault on the Fifth Amendment, which decrees that the government cannot seize an individual's property without due process.

Under Bush's executive order, the U.S. government has endowed itself with the authority to freeze the American assets of anyone who directly or indirectly assists someone who poses 'a significant risk' of committing a violent act that has the purpose or effect of threatening the Iraqi government, the 'peace and stability' of the country or the reconstruction effort. "

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