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  1. …in reply to @LizaGoitein
    @LizaGoitein I will grant that in legal filings the government tends to cover its bases by ambiguously invoking both theories in the alternative (e.g. ISIS is covered by AUMF because it is either part of or an associated force of AQ). But the essence of its analysis /1
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      @LizaGoitein is that Zawahiri's group subordinated itself to Bin Laden's authority and became part of AQ (i.e. it was a merger, not just an alliance), & post-UBL internal splits & name changes have not abrogated the USG's legal authority to keep fighting it. /2
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