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Re:The NSA is Commandeering the Internet by jonnybgood on Thursday August 15, 2013 @11:09AM (#6218249)
Actually, a war was declared. An AUMF is a term the US Congress uses to declare war.
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Re:The NSA is Commandeering the Internet by kindredlight on Thursday August 15, 2013 @11:15AM (#6218293)
Actually, it wasn't.

"While the AUMF did not officially declare war, the legislation provided the President with more authority upon which to exercise his constitutional powers as Commander in Chief."

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/commander_in_chief_powers

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Re:The NSA is Commandeering the Internet by jonnybgood on Thursday August 15, 2013 @11:24AM (#6218356)
As I said, it's a term they use. For example, see Vietnam, Gulf War, and Iraq War. Congress can declare war in different ways.

The last "officially" declared war was WWII, I believe.

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