Then, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel asserted that Congress had given its consent by appropriating funds for the Kosovo campaign.

当时司法部法律顾问办公室坚持认为国会拨款用于科索沃军事行动就是认可同意这次行动。

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At the time the department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) was revisiting laws to support new “enhanced” methods of interrogation, such as waterboarding, which induces a sensation of drowning.

当时司法部的法律顾问局正重新查看法律条文，希望找到支持这种新式的“升级版”审讯方式（如让人有溺水感觉的水刑）的法律依据。

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The Office of Legal Counsel and the Office of the Vice President were the forefront of the push to restore an imperial presidency.

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