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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014

      Didn't we have War Powers debate over Libya? http://thehill.com/policy/defense/215451-obama-tiptoeing-around-war-powers-limits#.U_Mkw4g3M9U.twitter … Not that that should concern you--after all, that worked out swimmingly.

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    2. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @emptywheel

      .@emptywheel I agree with war powers issue, but what is happening in Libya has nothing to do with war powers debate. Cheapens your argument.

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @sharon_lynch

      @sharon_lynch I'm suggesting notion that going small w/o AUMF is not the panacea for intervention Obama treated it as in Libya.

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    4. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel that i agree with, but situation in libya has nothing to do w/ obama circumventing congress. als bush had AUMF for iraq and ....

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    5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @sharon_lynch

      @sharon_lynch Don't know if that's true. Did our intervention help or hurt? Did it lead to escalation in Syria? Was that tied to HOW we did?

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel DDR programs should have been more robust.

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    7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @sharon_lynch

      @sharon_lynch Based on?

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    8. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @emptywheel

      @emptywheel based on the fact that the country is still awash with weapons and there is a civil war brewing in tripoli and extremists have

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
      Replying to @sharon_lynch

      @sharon_lynch And where did those weapons come from? Guess what? That's part of small footprint illegal wars!

      6:55 AM - 19 Aug 2014
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        2. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel where do you think the weapons came from?

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @sharon_lynch

          @sharon_lynch Well, much has been written abt how they came from the CIA. You know, like some of the weapons ISIS have also did.

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        4. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel i have not seen proof. qatar and sudan sent weapons, but the bulk came from gaddafi's store houses.

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        5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @sharon_lynch

          @sharon_lynch There have been SOF people who wrote specifically abt this. And notion that we had no tie to Qatar support is ... quaint.

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        6. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel i will gladly read them, but i honestly do not think you have a clear or comprehensive understanding of the situation in libya.

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        7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @sharon_lynch

          @sharon_lynch Nothing you've told me is new. What you have made clear is you're pretending our actions have no tie to consequences.

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        8. sharon lynch‏ @sharon_lynch 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @emptywheel

          @emptywheel that is not true at all. you are mixing arguments and using libya when you don't have indepth knowledge of the situation.

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        9. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 19 Aug 2014
          Replying to @sharon_lynch

          @sharon_lynch Well everything you've told me is stuff i knew. So what is it that I don't know that you're not mentioning?

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