2007-08-04 02:45:09 · 3 answers · asked by M. S. 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Congress can largely do whatever it wants. Although budgetary authority would not be extended to a patently illegal use at least deliberately it would be easy enough to make it legal in the first place.
There is another pot of money that Congress deals with, sometimes referred to as the "Black Budget." It refers to funds set aside for classified projects. These funds are usually committed with little or no oversight due to their nature. Military R&D funds often wind up here and that's all fine and dandy as it should be. However without oversight it's entirely possible if not likely that some funds are used for purposes that would be illegal in the light of day. A good example of this would be CIA funds expended for the "Extreme Rendition" programs where terror suspects are kidnapped and whisked away to countries with few or no protections of prisoner's rights. Unquestionably this has taken place so the answer to the question would have to be "Yes" even if it was not Congress' intent in the first place.
2007-08-04 03:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think so. Of course it depends on who claims it is illegal. If it is a foreign Government or some other jurisdiction outside of the US, they probably can, unless the have a treaty stating otherwise. I know this was a vague answer, but your question was vague also.
2007-08-04 03:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bostonian you're the man.
As Bostonian relates, and don't you know this already? The govt has restrictions but they pretty much do what they want to anyway; or so I've seen.
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2007-08-05 18:18:52 · answer #3 · answered by Info@bcbsinc.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋