That should be the headline to this non-story, but then, they wouldn't be able to argue that it was news if they did that.
Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.
Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued that a president had the power to use the military on domestic soil to sweep up the terrorism suspects, who came to be known as the Lackawanna Six, and declare them enemy combatants.
Mr. Bush ultimately decided against the proposal to use military force.
Emphasis mine.
Crackpots are already gasping in horror that the White House pondered the possibility of using the military against suspected terrorists on American soil.
Someone please set up a George Bush Anonymous clinic for the lunatic left who are still trying to seethe in anger about the former president. And someone needs to tell them that we've had an election and their guy won.
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