President Bush with his wife, Laura. The New York Times claims the President gave secret authority for US strikes out of its official 'war on terror' territory (Matthew Cavanaugh/EPA)From Times Online:
The Pentagon was given secret authority by President Bush to carry out about 12 controversial attacks against al-Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere since 2004, it has been reported.
Quoting what it said were more than six unnamed military and intelligence officials and senior Bush administration policy makers, The New York Times said the military operations were authorised by a classified order signed by Donald Rumsfeld, former Defence Secretary, with the approval of the President.
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