president still needs permission to go ahead with hires like this. he can t just pick the appointees he wants. he can only nominate people. the president has to ask the senate to let these guys have those jobs. the presidency s power to do even the very mundane stuff of governing is pretty sharply constrained in lots o waging war since 9/11, though, is not one of those areas. three days after the 9/11 attacks, congress passed a very short piece of legislation that authorized the president of the united states to use all necessary and appropriate force against those who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11, 2001. three days after 9/11, president bush got that authorization. within weeks, we invaded afghanistan, where we still have today, but that authorization is still in effect now, 12 years later. it is still the underlying permission cited by both president bush and by this president for military actions of lots of different typ
more than 80% of all the diamonds in the world pass through belgium, specifically they pass through the city of antwerp in belgium. about a decade ago, in february 2003, the diamond vaults inside the diamond center were plundered by a ring of italian jewel thieves. they got in through the rear of the main building, once inside they had to beat a combination lock, a key lock, a heat detector, a motion detect, a light detector and every other freaking detector known to mankind, but they did it. the theft was so seamless, so professionally executed that when the security guards came to unlock the main vault door the next morning, they found it already open, littered with jewels that the thieves had left behind. and that heist, a decade ago, they made off with an estimated $100 million worth of diamonds and other jewels. the gang of five burglars that carried out that heist were headed by the guy with the best name in heists ever. his name was leonardo notarbartolo. he got caught, but what