So you got it exactly right. And I have to be a little careful. I don't over tread here because the, the Office of Legal Counsel opinion is conveniently secret. So basically The administration is arguing that we are in a non-international armed conflict. Okay? And this is an even sort of more esoteric concept that grows out of the idea that, you know, sometimes a war isn't two armies fighting each other, sometimes it's the United States fighting Al Qaeda. (07:49–07:56)
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Asserts that the administration claims the U.S. is in a non-international armed conflict.
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