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Two sections of the Patriot Act the "lone wolf" provision and "roving wiretaps" (both requiring authorization by a special court) were created precisely to identify and monitor an individual like Tamerlan Tsarnaev before he detonates a bomb in a crowded public place.
WSJ: Henninger: Boston and the Un-Bush
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United States Special Operations Forces have been conducting cross-border operations from southern Iraq, with Presidential authorization, since last year.
NEWYORKER: Preparing the Battlefield
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Adams reconnected with his daughter last week, the assistant secretary of defense for special operations, Michael Sheehan, went before a congressional hearing on the topic of that 2001 war authorization.
CNN: Will my grandkids be fighting our 'forever war'?