A single 60-word sentence passed by Congress three days after 9/11, known as the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), has become the legal foundation for America’s post-9/11 wars, drone strikes, and indefinite detentions — a sweeping, open-ended mandate that has never been repe
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