“There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away.”

—  Alberto Gonzales

2007-01-17 Testimony during questioning http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/24/MNGDONO11O1.DTL&ao=2 by Senator Arlen Specter.

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